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

There must be what Mr. Gladstone many years ago called a blessed act of oblivion. We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.

Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better.

'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.

It's Never Over 'till it's over! Never Give Up! Never.

The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired.