If, however, the opinions of Messrs. Churchill and his followers should prevail, this statement will have been my last.

If we don't take Maikop and Grozny, then I must put an end to the war.

The Germans have received back again that measure of fire and steel which they have so often meted out to others. Now this is not the end. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning.

We are plunged in a long and grievous struggle. But all will come right if we all work together to the end.

Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone.

We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.