Victory Is Only Wrested By Running Risks.

Fear Is A Reaction. Courage Is A Decision.

We Shall Defend Every Village, Every Town And Every City. The Vast Mass Of London Itself, Fought Street By Street, Could Easily Devour An Entire Hostile Army; And We Would Rather See London Laid In Ruins And Ashes Than That It Should Be Tamely And Abjectly Enslaved.

Don't Argue About The Difficulties. The Difficulties Will Argue For Themselves.

Before The War It Had Seemed Incredible That Such Terrors And Slaughters, Even If They Began, Could Last More Than A Few Months. After The First Two Years It Was Difficult To Believe That They Would Ever End.

Do Not Turn The Superior Eye Of Critical Passivity Upon These Efforts .... We Must Not Be Ambitious. We Cannot Aspire To Masterpieces. We May Content Ourselves With A Joy Ride In A Paint-box.