"Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference."

"I am a comedian, not a politician."

"I am like a man who is ever haunted by a spirit, the spirit of poverty, the spirit of privation."

"I am not a politician, I am an entertainer. My job is to make people laugh, to make them forget their troubles, to make them happy."

"You, official Washington, and you, official London, let us make this our aim - victory in the spring."