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

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.

You must look at facts, because they look at you.

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.

The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.

You ask what the aim is? I tell you it is victory - total victory.