“I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.”

“They said it was only a ground shark; but I was not wholly reassured. It is as bad to be eaten by a ground shark as by any other.”

“For get this quite clear, every time we have to decide between Europe and the open sea, it is always the open sea we shall choose. Every time I have to decide between you [Charles de Gaulle] and Roosevelt, I shall always choose Roosevelt.”

“There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result.”

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”

“As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.”

“What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?”