Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

The person must be blind, indeed, who can not see, that here on earth a great project, a great plan, is executed, may work on the realization of which we participate as faithful servants.

Success comes from continuing to strive, fail and learn without losing enthusiasm.

America, can always be counted upon to do the right thing in the end, having first exhausted the available alternatives.

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.

Hope has returned to the hearts of scores of millions of men and women, and with that hope there burns the flame of anger against the brutal, corrupt invader ... In a dozen famous ancient States now prostrate under the Nazi yoke, the masses of the people ... await the hour of liberation ... That hour will strike, and its solemn peal will proclaim that the night is past and that the dawn has come.

History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past.