Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine.

Quote by Stanley Baldwin

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A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion

The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion

War would end if the dead could return.

War would end if the dead could return.

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that...

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that...

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months'...

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months'...

War would end if the dead could return.

War would end if the dead could return.

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are...

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are...

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and...

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and...

I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness...

I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness...

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false...

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false...

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my...

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my...

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle...

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

We love your adherence to democratic principles.

We love your adherence to democratic principles.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...