"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes."

"I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion."

"The British character is a mixture of being very brave and very stupid."

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."