The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it.

Never flinch, never weary, never despair.

I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth.

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.