"I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting"
"For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself"
"For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank"
"A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality"
"This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones"
