There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don’t say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible. – John Galsworthy
When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing – deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different. – John Galsworthy
Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place – service – social service – the ants creed, the bees creed. – John Galsworthy
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else. – John Galsworthy
He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral. – John Galsworthy