If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.

I have only one eye,- I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal!

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never i…

It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands.

'Is that wise, darling? Remember you have to reign all afternoon.'

Gad, sir, Churchill is right. The Govt. has evidently made an irrevocable decision to be guided by circumstances with a firm hand.

I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.