This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid office.

Go into the sunshine and be happy with what you see.

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.