I have always noticed that whenever a radical takes to Imperialism, he catches it in a very acute form.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

Politics is like waking up in the morning. You never know whose head you'll find on the pillow.

The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past.

You must understand that this war is not against Hitler or National Socialism, but against the strength of the German people, which is to be smashed once and for all, regardless of whether it is in the hands of Hitler or a Jesuit priest.

There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom than in discussing questions of currency and exchange