Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

Praise the humanities, my boy. That'll make them think you're broadminded!

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.

There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task has been fulfilled, and that Iraq is an independent sovereign state. But this cannot be said while we are forced year after year to spend very large sums of money on helping the Iraqi government to defend itself and maintain order.