If Our Minds Could Get Hold Of

[regarding Us Conquest Of The Philippines] I Turn Green In Bed At Midnight If I Think Of The Horror Of A Year's Warfare In The Philippines ... We Must Slaughter A Million Or Two Foolish Malays In Order To Give Them The Comforts Of Flannel Petticoats And Electric Railways.

By Nature, Man Is Lazy, Working Only Under Compulsion; And When He Is Strong We Will Always Live, As Far As He Can, Upon The Labor Or The Property Of The Weak.

If One Shed Tears, They Must Be Shed On One's Pillow.

My Rule In Making Up Examination Questions Is To Ask Questions Which I Can't Myself Answer. It Astounds Me To See How Some Of My Students Answer Questions Which Would Play The Deuce With Me.

Practical Politics Consists In Ignoring Facts.