“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
Future“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”
Nature“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
Future“These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.”
Great“I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
Great“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
History“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
Truth“I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.”
Great“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.”
Best“My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.”
Life“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
Life“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
Change“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”
Time“We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us.”
Architecture“There is no such thing as a good tax.”
Good“I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.”
Politics“This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.”
Time“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.”
Saintpatricksday“No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.”
Education“To improve is to change to be perfect is to change often.”
Change“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.”
Fear“No crime is so great as daring to excel.”
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