Of All The Talents Bestowed Upon Men,

There Is No Greater Mistake Than To Suppose That Platitudes, Smooth Words, Timid Policies, Offer Today A Path To Safety.

I Do Not Understand This Squeamishness About The Use Of Gas. We Have Definitely Adopted The Position At The Peace Conference Of Arguing In Favour Of The Retention Of Gas As A Permanent Method Of Warfare. It Is Sheer Affectation To Lacerate A Man With The Poisonous Fragment Of A Bursting Shell And To Boggle At Making His Eyes Water By Means Of Lachrymatory Gas.

Not To Have An Adequate Air Force In The Present State Of The World Is To Compromise The Foundations Of National Freedom And Independence.

Success Is Not Final, Failure Is Not Fatal: It Is The Courage To Continue That Counts.

It Is No Use Dealing With Illusions And Make-believes. We Must Look At The Facts. The World ... Is Too Dangerous For Anyone To Be Able To Afford To Nurse Illusions. We Must Look At Realities.