Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.

A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

You can always rely on America to do the right thing -- once it has exhausted the alternatives.