When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right. There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. |