A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.

I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

The further back I look, the further forward I can see.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

The test of a people is what they can do when they're tired.

Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.