Nothing should be done for spite's sake.

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.

The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy.

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

I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.