There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.

On 17th July there came to us at Potsdam the eagerly-awaited news of the trial of the atomic bomb in the [New] Mexican desert. Success beyond all dreams crowded this sombre, magnificent venture of our American allies. The detailed reports ... could leave no doubt in the minds of the very few who were informed, that we were in the presence of a new factor in human affairs, and possessed of powers which were irresistible.

Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common... Celebrate it every day.

We know enough to be sure that the scientific achievements of the next fifty years will be far greater, more rapid, and more surprising, than those we have already experienced. ... Wireless telephones and television, following naturally upon the their present path of development, would enable their owner to connect up to any room similarly equipped and hear and take part in the conversation as well as if he put his head in through the window.

I began my education at a very early age; in fact, right after I left college.

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

I have had a number of threatening letters each week, some telling me the actual time and method of my death, and I don't like it.