When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

Great success always comes at the risk of enormous failure.

For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.