James F. Byrnes

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.