Aircraft carriers, of course are the second most effective weapon in a modern navy (after submarines). I'll admit I felt a nagging desire to have some in our own navy but we couldn't afford to build them. They were simply beyond our means.

Kennedy: We have enough missiles to blow you [USSR] up thirty times over. Khrushchev: We have enough to blow you up only once, but that will be enough for us.

We'll kick you so hard you won't remember your own name.

We and you ought not pull on the ends of a rope in which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the two of us pull the tighter the knot will be tied.…

If Paulus's army had capitulated before the end, the Russians would have had the advantage of withdrawing forces against Paulus and against the southern front,…

With luck we will be able to repulse the invaders before they land. At any rate, I can say that we will be able to destroy the major part of an invading force.…

I would never invade the United States, there would be a gun behind every blade of grass.