"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'."

Humor, Politics, War, Observation

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"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'."

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"The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure."

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"To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."

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"No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye."

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"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."

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"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."

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"Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting."

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"I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk."

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""No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again."

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"It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar."

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