The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.

He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side by side with ours and carrying out their tasks to the end all over the world. What an enviable death was his.

One can usually put one's thoughts better in one's own words.

In war, the truth must be guarded by a body guard of lies.

There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, timid policies, offer today a path to safety.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.