Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.