We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to...
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails and then asks you...
When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be we shall fight on the...
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and...
In wartime truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a...
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it ignorance may deride it...
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its...
No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching...
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth but most of the time he will...
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny...
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
If you have an important point to make don't try to be subtle or clever. Use...
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile grin. If you...
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who...
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
The power of man has grown in every sphere except over himself.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
