Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

It would be an inconvenient rule if nothing could be done until everything can be done.

The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.