"One ought to be just before one is generous."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they've tried everything else."

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

"I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes."