“The wars of people will be more terrible than those of kings.”

“This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors”

“He spoke with more eloquence than wisdom.”

“No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.”

“A preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with.”

“I've gotten more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”

“One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.”