Neville Chamberlain looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe.

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care.

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.