Mereka diputuskan hanya untuk bimbang, bertekad untuk tidak tegas, teguh pada drift, solid untuk fluiditas, maha kuasa untuk menjadi impoten.
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Akan selalu bijaksana untuk melihat ke depan, tapi sulit untuk melihat lebih jauh dari yang kamu bisa lihat.
Untuk bagian saya, saya menganggap bahwa akan ditemukan jauh lebih baik oleh semua pihak untuk meninggalkan masa lalu ke sejarah, terutama ketika saya mengusulkan untuk menulis sejarah itu sendiri.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.