Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path.

Perfect solutions of our difficulties are not to be looked for in an imperfect world.

The most formidable people in the world, and now the most dangerous, people who... lay down the doctrine that every frontier must be the starting out point for invasion.

Bessie Braddock: "Winston, you're drunk. Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober.

There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.

Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilisation may be carried triumphantly forward.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.