I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional.

Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition of the native resource. The Geological Survey had identified the inflammable oil shale in reports since at least 1888.]

I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilized tribes.

You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.

The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.

Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.