I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.

No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.

If future generations ask us what we are fighting for [in World War Two], we shall tell them the story of Lidice.

I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.

Modern warfare is an intricate business about which no one knows everything and few know very much.

Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.

It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.

Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.

It is not enough that light shines on you

From so much self-revising, I’ve destroyed myself. From so much self-thinking, I’m now my thoughts and not I

Homes that are built on anything other than love are bound to crumble.

One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.

People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.

If you are sufficient for your task, it's too small.

The cost of assessing risk is now often greater than the cost of failing.

He'll die first, we both know it, but I don't know... I really don't know how long I'll stay alive without him. That's the part Shaun doesn't know. I don't intend to be an only child for long.

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.