Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

Then, again, how annoying to be told it is only five miles to the next place when it is really eight or ten!

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking

You cannot use [nuclear weapons] to target civilians; you cannot use them against military targets if they have indiscriminate effects on civilians in addition to the attack on the military target.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.