Fancy living in one of these streets, never seeing anything beautiful, never eating anything savoury, never saying anything clever!

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

Talking death seriously is one of the tragedies of youth

You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring.