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If British troops are committed to action, then the nation will, of course, support them. Their courage and skill is not in doubt.

My dad always had huge respect for the British Army. He always thought it was one of the best. And I think it changed his life - those seven years in that Army.

One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.

The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

There seems to be a sense in the British media that prime ministers enjoy going to war. They do not. The decision to send British soldiers into battle is the worst and most stomach-churning senior politicians have to take. It makes them wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat worrying if they have done the right thing.

I trust the integrity of the British government and the British soldiers.

Armies are not only for offensives.

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they may have the advantage, but we will be found to have equally great in others.