To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.

You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper-no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of the point.

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.