One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend, it would be the cause of the British Empire in India … Our fight is hard. It will also be long … But win or lose, we must do our duty. If the British people are to lose their Indian Empire, they shall do so with their eyes open.

I felt as if I were walking with Destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.

The true guide of life is to do what is right.

All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: Freedom; Justice; Honour; Duty; Mercy; Hope.

Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.

It is no use saying, “We are doing our best.” You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.