I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

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 Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

Before America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose

Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.