The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Can a nation remain healthy, can all nations draw together in a world whose brightest stars are film stars?

Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people, our Empire, and indeed the whole English-speaking world are passing through a dark and deadly valley.

No one ever finds life worth living - one has to make it worth living.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.