Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past.

History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past.

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

The United States abd usually be reiled on to do the right thing, but only after they have tried all the other alternatives.

For the first 25 years of my life, I wanted freedom. For the next 25 years, I wanted order. For the next 25 years, I realized that order is freedom.

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.