The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know how to speak.

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.

Hasty work and premature decisions may lead to penalties out of all proportion to the issues immediately involved.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century