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

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

I am in favor of deliberately spreading methodically prepared bacteria among people and animals -- mildew ... to destroy the harvests, anthrax to destroy horses and livestock, and the plague, in order to kill not only entire armies, but also the inhabitants of large regions.

Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.

We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity.

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.