I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

An iron curtain has descended over Europe.

I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation.

When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task has been fulfilled, and that Iraq is an independent sovereign state. But this cannot be said while we are forced year after year to spend very large sums of money on helping the Iraqi government to defend itself and maintain order.

In Success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it.

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

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.