Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.