The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.

I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.

Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.

All of life is a foreign country.

I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.