I believe that this war, upon which I entered as a war of defense and liberation, has now become a war of aggression and conquest.

And the wind upon its way whispered the boughs of May, And touched the nodding peony flowers to bid them waken.

The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn't exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so.

The dead...are more real than the living because they are complete.

I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.

And when the war is done and youth stone dead, I'd toddle safely home and die--in bed.

Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.

In me the tiger sniffs the rose.

I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.

Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

Touch has a memory.

Teach men how to fish, but also teach them how to preserve fish.

Ants are successful creatures

We have had a long wait for democracy.

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.

I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office.

Motorboat to heaven, baby's got the key. Tell me, how am I supposed to get in close back here on these water skis?

I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.

Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.