In war, the truth must be guarded by a body guard of lies.

Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?

When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.

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

You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

The pictorial battlefield becomes a sea of mud mercifully veiled by the fog of war.