Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

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

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.