There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular forms by which the guilt or innocence of accused persons is determined.

When I look round to see how we can win the war, I see that there is only one sure path . . . and that is absolutely devastating, exterminating attack by very heavy bombers from this country upon the Nazi homeland.

Everyone threw the blame on me ... they nearly always do. I suppose ... they think I shall be able to bear it best.

It is impossible to obtain a conviction for sodomy from an English jury. Half of them don't believe that it can physically be done, and the other half are doing it.

I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf.

The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.

I am not a bit afraid of Siegfried Sassoon. That man can think. I am afraid only of people who cannot think.