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Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.