The Future Is Unknowable, But The Past

The Maxim Of The British People Is 'business As Usual.'

No More Let Us Alter Or Falter Or Palter. From Malta To Yalta, And Yalta To Malta.

It Is Not Given To Princes, Statesmen And Captains To Pierce The Mysteries Of The Future, And Even The Most Penetrating Gaze Reaches Only Conclusions Which, However Seemingly Vindicated At A Given Moment, Are Inexorably Effaced By Time.

A Prisoner Of War Is A Man Who Tries To Kill You And Fails, And Then Asks You Not To Kill Him.

You Know, In War, You Don't Have To Be Nice. You Only Have To Be Right.