Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it

Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".

War is horrible, but slavery is worse.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.