“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”

“A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.”

“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one."— George Bernard Shaw, playwright (to Winston Churchill)"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one."— Churchill's response”

“There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.”

“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”

“I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations”

“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”