For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!

Anyone who is not a liberal in his youth has no heart. Anyone who remains so as he matures has no brain!

The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

The very first thing the President [Truman] did was to show me the new Presidential Seal, which he had just redesigned. He explained, 'The seal has to go everywhere the President goes. It must be displayed upon the lectern when he speaks. The eagle used to face the arrows but I have re-designed it so that it now faces the olive branches ... what do you think?' I said, 'Mr. President, with the greatest respect, I would prefer the American eagle's neck to be on a swivel so that it could face the olive branches or the arrows, as the occasion might demand.'

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

We (The British) have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.