“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
Truth“The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.”
Power“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
Truth“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
Men“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
Courage“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
Failure“A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.”
War“No crime is so great as daring to excel.”
Great“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Courage“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”
Government“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
Learning“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
Intelligence“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”
Best“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.”
Fear“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.”
Best“Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.”
Time“These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.”
Great“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.”
Saintpatricksday“Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”
Politics“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.”
Good“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
Freedom“War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.”
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