[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.

This war proceeds along its terrible path by the slaughter of infantry...I say to myself every day. What is going on while we sit here, while we go away to dinner or home to bed? Nearly, 1000 - Englishmen, Britishers, and the other is America...Everything else is swept away.

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

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

Make for the children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. Let the children have their night of fun and laughter... resolved that by our daring, these same children shall not be denied their right to live in a free and decent world.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.