All the greatest economists, John Stuart Mill at their head, have always spoken of the evils of borrowing for the purposes of war, and have pointed out that as far as possible posterity should be relieved and the cost of what is consumed in the war be met at the time. That is a counsel of perfection, but nobody has ever come nearer to it than the late Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Kingsley Wood].

Once you are so unfortunate as to be drawn into a war, no price is too great to pay for an early and victorious peace.

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

No one can guarantee success in war but only deserve it.