The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging it.

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations

Everybody has always underrated the Russians. They keep their own secrets alike from foe and friends.

If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies, choking in his own blood upon the ground.

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.