It is a great pity to read a book too soon in life.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
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.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
A politician needs 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 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.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.