I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.

We ... must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless.