Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

History is the great propagator of doubt.

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.

Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.