Hastings Ismay quotes

On the purpose of NATO: "To keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down." (Hastings Ismay)
On NATO "I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella." View quote
Hastings Ismay
Churchill owed more, and admitted that he owed more [to Ismay] than to anybody else, military or civilian, in the whole of the war. View quote
Hastings Ismay
On the Festival of Britain, "We are consciously and deliberately determined to make history." View quote
Hastings Ismay