"We declared jihad against the US government, because the US government is unjust, criminal and tyrannical. It has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous and criminal whether directly or through its support of the Israeli occupation."

“I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.”

“Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.”

“Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.”

“What is an anarchist? One who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice.”

“I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.”

Source : Ethel Merman, Pete Martin (1955). “Who Could Ask for Anything More: As Told to Pete Martin”

“I try to build courses for the most enjoyment by the greatest number.”

“The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge, wisdom, charity, fill them with compassion and cause them to feel after the wants of those who are in distress.”

“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.”