Doctinaires are the vultures of principle. They feed upon principle after it is dead.

Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

A body of 500 men chosen at random from amongst the unemployed.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

One cannot cross an abyss in two jumps.