Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta.

May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past.

Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.