I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.

Victory is the beautiful, bright-colored flower. Transport is the stem without which it could never have blossomed.

The arts are essen­tial to any com­plete national life. The State owes it to itself to sus­tain and encour­age them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the rev­er­ence and delight which are their due.

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.

We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.

If you are going to go through hell, keep going

There are two kinds of success-initial and ultimate.