“Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.”

“A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.”

“I am a man who belongs to nobody and who belongs to everybody.”

“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.”

“Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”

“When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.”

“The cemeteries are full of indispensable men.”