One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend, it would be the cause of the British Empire in India ... Our fight is hard. It will also be long ... But win or lose, we must do our duty. If the British people are to lose their Indian Empire, they shall do so with their eyes open.

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

Nothing should be done for spite's sake.

Americans always do the right thing, once they have exhausted all other possibilities.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.

It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.