“The only expenditure, and all its outworkings, for which God can be held to be responsible is that which He directs.”

“The nobelest expenditure is that which is made in the Divine Service”

“Should misfortune visit the Court, that can only be the result of its continued abuses. If the palace is attacked, that can only be the result of misgovernment. I can hardly be held responsible for the outcome.”

“Choice forms the divider which is responsible for the formation of all futures that can be possible.”

“We are not responsible to God for the soul that are saved, but we are responsible for the Gospel that is preached, and for the way in which we preach it”

“We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully responsible for ourselves. Whether we realize its possibilities depends on all kinds of things — and above all on ourselves.”