If you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'

When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task has been fulfilled, and that Iraq is an independent sovereign state. But this cannot be said while we are forced year after year to spend very large sums of money on helping the Iraqi government to defend itself and maintain order.

Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.

I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.

Old men make war, young men fight and die