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.

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The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be...

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be...

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country...

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country...

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and...

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and...

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of...

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of...

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil...

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

They say people come and go. But the truth is, no one really disappears from...

They say people come and go. But the truth is, no one really disappears from...

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.