There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action.

The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Why should there not be a European group which could give a sense of enlarged patriotism and common citizenship to the distracted peoples of this turbulent and mighty continent? And why should it not take its rightful place with other great groupings and help to shape the onward destinies of men?

The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.

I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.