Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible.

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

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

From now on we shall bomb Germany on an ever-increasing scale, month by month, year by year, until the Nazi regime has either been exterminated by us or - better still - torn to pieces by the German people themselves.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

History is written by the victors.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.