Indomitable In Retreat, Invincible In

If Tonight Our People Were Asked To Cast Their Vote Whether A Convention Should Be Entered Into To Stop The Bombing Of Cities, The Overwhelming Majority Would Cry, "we Will Mete Out To Them [the Germans] The Measure, And More Than The Measure, That They Have Meted Out To Us... We Will Have No Truce Or Parley With You, Or The Grisly Gang Who Work Your Wicked Will. You Do Your Worst - And We Will Do Our Best."

The Very First Thing The President [truman] Did Was To Show Me The New Presidential Seal, Which He Had Just Redesigned. He Explained, 'the Seal Has To Go Everywhere The President Goes. It Must Be Displayed Upon The Lectern When He Speaks. The Eagle Used To Face The Arrows But I Have Re-designed It So That It Now Faces The Olive Branches ... What Do You Think?' I Said, 'mr. President, With The Greatest Respect, I Would Prefer The American Eagle's Neck To Be On A Swivel So That It Could Face The Olive Branches Or The Arrows, As The Occasion Might Demand.'

Diplomacy Is The Art Of Telling People To Go To Hell In Such A Way That They Ask For Directions.

It Is Wonderful What Great Strides Can Be Made When There Is A Resolute Purpose Behind Them.

There Is Not One Single Social Or Economic Principle Or Concept In The Philosophy Of The Russian Bolshevik Which Has Not Been Realized, Carried Into Action, And Enshrined In Immutable Laws A Million Years Ago By The White Ant.