"The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception."

"A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about."

"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."

"You are only as wise as others perceive you to be."

"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing."

"When you control the ball, you control the score."

"I can live two months on a good compliment."

"People can be in general pretty well trusted, of course--with the clock of their freedom ticking as loud as it seems to do here--to keep an eye on the fleeting hour."

"Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with."

"Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination."

"RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law."

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."