Life Is A Compromise Of

War Both Needs And Generates Certain Virtues; Not The Highest, But What May Be Called The Preliminary Virtues, As Valor, Veracity, The Spirit Of Obedience, The Habit Of Discipline. Any Of These, And Of Others Like Them, When Possessed By A Nation, And No Matter How Generated, Will Give Them A Military Advantage, And Make Them More Likely To Stay In The Race Of Nations.

Whatever Expenditure Is Sanctioned - Even When It Is Sanctioned Against The Ministry's Wish - The Ministry Must Find The Money. Accordingly, They Have The Strongest Motive To Oppose Extra Outlay. The Ministry Is (so To Speak) The Breadwinner Of The Political Family, And Has To Meet The Cost Of Philanthropy And Glory; Just As The Head Of A Family Has To Pay For The Charities Of His Wife And The Toilette Of His Daughters.

A Bureaucracy Is Sure To Think That Its Duty Is To Augment Official Power, Official Business, Or Official Members, Rather Than To Leave Free The Energies Of Mankind; It Overdoes The Quantity Of Government, As Well As Impairs Its Quality. The Truth Is, That A Skilled Bureaucracy Is, Though It Boasts Of An Appearance Of Science, Quite Inconsistent With The True Principles Of The Art Of Business.

Progress Would Not Have Been The Rarity It Is If The Early Food Had Not Been The Late Poison.

Men Who Do Not Make Advances To Women Are Apt To Become Victims To Women Who Make Advances To Them.