For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

I like things to happen, and if they don't happen I like to make them happen.

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.

We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation.

It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure.

How often in life must one be content with what one can get!

The trade unions are a long-established and essential part of our national life. We take our stand by these pillars of our British society as it has gradually developed and evolved itself, of the right of individual labouring men to adjust their wages and conditions by collective bargaining, including the right to strike.