What kind of people do they [the Japanese] think we are?

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation.

The whole of northern Norway was covered with snow to depths which none of our soldiers had ever seen, felt, or imagined. There were neither snow-shoes nor skis - still less skiers. We must do our best. Thus began this ramshackle campaign.

Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and taking ones temperature. I see that a speaker at the week-end said that this was a time when leaders should keep their ears to the ground. All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture.

To improve is to change.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

...Have the stresses of war been as bad to you personally as carrying through the policy of Collective Farms?