Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive. And with it, everything honorable and glorious.

Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.

Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.

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