Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman.

I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parley.

Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.

He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin. It was apparent to me that this bad man saw quite clearly the shadow of slowly and remorselessly approaching doom, and he railed at fortune for mocking him with the glitter of fleeting success.

If you are going through hell just keep going

We Shall come through! We cannot tell when, we cannot tell how, but we shall come through.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.