Hope is the mainspring of life.

History knows no greater display of courage than that shown by the people of the Soviet Union.

A private meeting with Hoover is like sitting in a both of ink.

Hope is the mainspring of life.

When all the arguments have been forgotten, this central fact will remain. The two nations fought a single war, and their quarrels were the quarrels of brothers.

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand.

When the news first came that Japan had attacked us my first feeling was of relief that ... a crisis had come in a way which would unite all our people. This continued to be my dominant feeling in spite of the news of catastrophes which quickly developed.