When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

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

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

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

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.