The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police.

Let us set up a standard around which the brave and the loyal can rally.

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.

I'm so bored with it all.

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

I am very glad there are quite a number of people born with a gift and a liking for all of this; like great chessplayers who play sixteen games at once blindfold and die quite soon of epilepsy. Serve them right! I hope the Mathematicians, however, are well rewarded. I promise never to blackleg their profession nor take the bread out of their mouths.