More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid by the English taxpayers. We are entitled to mention these facts, and to draw authority and courage from them.

Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth.

There is not much collective security in a flock of sheep on the way to the butcher.

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

...the high roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time but for a century to come.