Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.
I wish for many reasons flying had never been invented.
How could they possibly be Japanese planes?
We were once told that the aeroplane had "abolished frontiers"; actually it is only since the aeroplane became a serious weapon that frontiers have become definitely impassable.
The weapon where the man is sitting in is always superior against the other.
"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
Superior technical achievements - used correctly both strategically and tactically - can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
The cavalry, in particular, were not friendly to the aeroplane, which it was believed, would frighten the horses.
It is not possible. . . to concentrate enough military planes with military loads over a modern city to destroy that city.
Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it.
Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?
If we had these rockets in 1939, we should never have had this war.
The conviction of the justification of using even the most brutal weapons is always dependent on the presence of a fanatical belief in the necessity of the victory of a revolutionary new order on this globe.
Are you aware it is private property? Why you'll be asking be to bomb Essen next.
In the early stages of the fight Mr. Winston Churchill spoke with affectionate raillery of me and my "Chicks. " He could have said nothing to make me more proud; every Chick was needed before the end.
As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.
Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat.
What's the sense of sending $2 million missiles to hit a $10 tent that's empty?
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
Above all, I shall see to it that the enemy will not be able to drop any bombs.