In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

Nothing can save England if she will not save herself. If we lose faith in ourselves, in our capacity to guide and govern, if we lose our will to live, then indeed our story is told.

An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.

I like things to happen, and if they don't happen I like to make them happen.