There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization however imperfect against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress the other side more or less for reaction.

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.

Think of what happened after 9/11 the minute before there was any assessment there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq and so the war drums beat.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes all of us defending the United States of America.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

When the question arose whether I as a member of the royal family should take part in active combat in the Falklands there was no question in her mind and it only took her two days to sort the issue.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

It is forbidden to kill therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and if you are looking for answers you'd better choose the question carefully.

People talk about 'getting rid of the old image' and I guess there's some merit in that. But the truth is that people loved 'The Wonder Years' - I can't turn my back on it.

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. Whether that's the truth or not I'm definitely going out there with my mic and my shield to declare 'I am here to save R&B.' I will have the people saying 'Sir there is a man at the musical gates saying he is here to save R&B.'

The truth is if anyone saw my home life I'm pretty sure it would look like other families' around the world. There's a lot of juggling to be done.

There is nothing so powerful as truth and often nothing so strange.

There are in truth no specialties in medicine since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.

There is no original truth only original error.