I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth that can protect him from bombing, whatever people may tell him. The bomber will always get through. The only defence is in offence, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves.

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

Once I leave, I leave. I am not going to speak to the man on the bridge, and I am not going to spit on the deck.

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

There is a wind of nationalism and freedom blowing round the world, and blowing as strongly in Asia as elsewhere.

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.