I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

The great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it.

Nature has not intended mankind to work from eight in the morning until midnight without that refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even if it only lasts twenty minutes, is sufficient to renew all the vital forces.

On 17th July there came to us at Potsdam the eagerly-awaited news of the trial of the atomic bomb in the [New] Mexican desert. Success beyond all dreams crowded this sombre, magnificent venture of our American allies. The detailed reports ... could leave no doubt in the minds of the very few who were informed, that we were in the presence of a new factor in human affairs, and possessed of powers which were irresistible.