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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. ”
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. ”
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside. ”
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. ”
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. ”
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. ”
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. ”
No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye. ”
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. ”
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time. ”