It is in the interest of the wage-earner to have many other alternatives open to him than service under one all-powerful employer called the State

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

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

There are no people in the world who are so slow to develop hostile feelings against a foreign country as the Americans, and no people who, once estranged, are more difficult to win back.

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.

I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.