Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

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.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.