I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

The English are loth to express their feelings, but in my stall in the choir I could feel the pent-up, passionate emotion, and also the fear of the congregation, not of death or wounds or material loss, but of defeat and the final ruin of Britain.

Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time.

Twice in my lifetime the long arm of destiny has reached across the oceans and involved the entire life and manhood of the United States in a deadly struggle.There was no use in saying We don't want it; we won

One cannot leap a chasm in two jumps.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.