Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.

If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

Nobody ever launched an attack without having misgivings beforehand, You ought to have misgivings before; but when the moment of action is come, the hour of misgivings is passed. It is often not possible to go backward from a course which has been adopted in war. A man must answer "Aye" or "No" to the great questions which are put, and by that decision he must be bound.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.