If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.

Canada is the linchpin of the English-speakin g world

Hess or no Hess, I'm going to watch the Marx Brothers.

Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.

The person of truth must be covered with bodyguards of lies.

There are no people in the world who are so slow to develop hostile feelings against a foreign country as the Americans, and no people who, once estranged, are more difficult to win back.