The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike a safeguard from arbitrary perversion of the law.

You ask what the aim is? I tell you it is victory - total victory.

Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.

The loyalties which center upon number one are enormous. If he trips, he must be sustained. If he make mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps, he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good, he must be pole-axed.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

Politics is like waking up in the morning. You never know whose head you'll find on the pillow.

The cemetery is full of indispensable people.