The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

There are men in the world who derive an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as other from success.

Peace will not be preserved by pious sentiments.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

During their lifetimes, every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them will simply pick themselves up, dust themselves down and carry on as if nothing ever happened.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

Listing your personal milestones is like storing a pocketful of sunshine for a rainy day. Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.