There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

These two great organisations of the English-speaking democracies, the British Empire and the United States, will have to be somewhat mixed up together in some affairs for mutual and general advantage. I do not view the process with any misgivings. I could not stop it if I wished. Let it roll on full flood, inexorable, irresistible, benignant, to broader lands, and better days.

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.

You can always rely on America to do the right thing -- once it has exhausted the alternatives.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.