We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.

Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out.