Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

How fortunate it was for the world that when these great trials came upon it there was a generation that terror could not conquer and brutal violence could not enslave.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.