When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as specially favoured individuals were, by personal interest, but rather by a sense of what best served the common good. That they recognized the truth when it was put before them, and that a leader can guide so long as he kept to the right lines. I did not think it was a mark of leadership to try to make the people do what one wanted them to do.

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.