You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.

I would tell myself that I was about to address the largest mass assembly of idiots ever gathered in the history of mankind.

On 17th July there came to us at Potsdam the eagerly-awaited news of the trial of the atomic bomb in the [New] Mexican desert. Success beyond all dreams crowded this sombre, magnificent venture of our American allies. The detailed reports ... could leave no doubt in the minds of the very few who were informed, that we were in the presence of a new factor in human affairs, and possessed of powers which were irresistible.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it