"The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teac…"

"These savages understand nothing but force, and it is by fear alone that they can be kept in check."

"The natives of New Holland may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans."

"I have taken possession of this land for His Majesty King George III, despite the natives' claims."

"Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go."