We have demonstrated to the world in actual practice that…

A lot of hard-faced men who look as if they had done very well out of the war.

A dynamic force is a very terrible thing; it may crush you, but it is not necessarily right.

I get an obsession that everybody is out for what they can get during the war and it makes me sick.

There is no doubt that to our people, whether they live on the sea-coast, in the great towns, or inland, the Royal Navy is in some subtle way the repository of the spirit and the tradition of our nation.

What about my Soul? That's all right. The essence of such service is unselfishness. My first thought has to be of others, of the relationship of Crown and people: there will be no room to think of money or of my own career.

no gospel founded on hate will ever seize the hearts of our people