A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory. . . . From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

A sheep in sheep’s clothing.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.

Americans will always do the right thing, after they’ve exhausted all the alternatives.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.

Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.