"If any person raises his hand to strike down another on the ground of religion, I shall fight him till the last breath of my life, both as the head of the government and from the outside."

"The real difficulty is that people do not know what they want."

"The greatest danger in life is to take too many precautions."

"Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul."

"The best and noblest gifts of humanity cannot be the monopoly of a particular race or country; its scope may not be limited nor may it be regarded as the miser's hoard buried underground."