My Rule Of Life Prescribed

We Have A Very Daring And Skillful Opponent Against Us, And, May I Say Across The Havoc Of War, A Great General.

Never, Never, Never Believe Any War Will Be Smooth And Easy, Or That Anyone Who Embarks On The Strange Voyage Can Measure The Tides And Hurricanes He Will Encounter. The Statesman Who Yields To War Fever Must Realize That Once The Signal Is Given, He Is No Longer The Master Of Policy But The Slave Of Unforeseeable And Uncontrollable Events.

Out Of Intense Complexities Intense Simplicities Emerge. Broadly Speaking, The Short Words Are The Best, And The Old Words When Short Are Best Of All.

These Two Great Organisations Of The English-speaking Democracies, The British Empire And The United States, Will Have To Be Somewhat Mixed Up Together In Some Affairs For Mutual And General Advantage. I Do Not View The Process With Any Misgivings. I Could Not Stop It If I Wished. Let It Roll On Full Flood, Inexorable, Irresistible, Benignant, To Broader Lands, And Better Days.

No Idea Is So Outlandish That It Should Not Be Considered With A Searching But At The Same Time A Steady Eye.