If The Present Tries To Sit In

There Is No Worse Mistake In Public Leadership Than To Hold Out False Hopes Soon To Be Swept Away. The British People Can Face Peril Or Misfortune With Fortitude And Buoyancy, But They Bitterly Resent Being Deceived Or Finding That Those Responsible For Their Affairs Are Themselves Dwelling In A Fool's Paradise.

Fancy Living In One Of These Streets, Never Seeing Anything Beautiful, Never Eating Anything Savoury, Never Saying Anything Clever!

Have No Fear Of The Future. Let Us Go Forward Into Its Mysteries, Tear Away The Veils Which Hide It From Our Eyes, And Move Onwards With Confidence And Courage.

I Have Not Become The Kings First Minister In Order To Preside Over The Liquidation Of The British Empire.

Thus Ended The Great American Civil War, Which Must Upon The Whole Be Considered The Noblest And Least Avoidable Of All The Great Mass Conflicts Of Which Till Then There Was Record.