Strange as it may seem, the Air Force, except in the air, is the least mobile of all the services. A squadron can reach its destination in a few hours, but its establishments, depots, fuel, spare parts, and workshops take many weeks, and even months, to develop.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
Virtuous motives, trammelled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness.
Guard them well, admirals and captains, hardy tars and tall marines; guard them well and guide them true.
Around Whitehall, a sacking from Churchill was known as the ’awarding of the Order of the Boot.
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
No one can tell that he may not some day set a stone rolling or take or neglect some ordinary step which in its consequences will alter the history of the world.
Let it never be said that you crept into the crypt, crapped, and crept out again.
There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The.
Libya, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Somaliland, nourished by Italian taxation, comprised a vast region in which nearly a quarter of a million Italian colonists toiled, and began to thrive, under the protection of more than four hundred thousand Italian and native troops.
Wave after wave, dark with storm, crested with foam, surged towards the harbour in which we still sheltered. Should we drive out into the teeth of the gale, or should we bide contented where we were? Yet beyond the breakers was a great hope.
The uncertainty and importance of the present reduce the past and future to comparative insignificance, and clear the mind of minor worries. And when all is over, memories remain which few men do not hold precious.
Cromwell’s imperious words to the Long Parliament: “You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Anyone who was not a liberal at 20 years of age had no heart, while anyone who was still a liberal at 40 had no head.
An iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind.
First we shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.
It is where the balance quivers, and the proportions are veiled in mist, that the opportunity for world-saving decisions presents itself.
We, in short, propose to tax luxuries, monopolies, and superfluities, but we scrupulously avoid taxing the necessaries of life.
In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society.
Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs.