A nation that forgets its past has no future.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together- what do you get? The sum of their fears.

Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

The whole of northern Norway was covered with snow to depths which none of our soldiers had ever seen, felt, or imagined. There were neither snow-shoes nor skis - still less skiers. We must do our best. Thus began this ramshackle campaign.

It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace.