T. E. Lawrence

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.

When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.

I always believe writing is an indispensable part of one's political armoury.