To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.

Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.

It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.