I never slept as soundly as the night following Pearl Harbor. For I knew that The American Race would now be entering the war and it would never be the same.

If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exertion for freedom, for right and for truth.

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.

Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?

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

The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.