The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.

Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each other in the first shock of the most merciless of all the wars of which record has been kept.

The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society.

I expect you will find that change is the best kind of rest.