"Prince Henry of Prussia came to see me on Sunday July 26 [1914] at 9.30 a.m. and asked me if there was any news. I sa…"

"Tuesday August 4th. I held a Council at 10.45. to declare war with Germany. It is a terrible catastrophe, but it is n…"

"At this grave moment of our national history I send to you, and through you to the officers and men of the Fleets of …"

"Yesterday morning, four large German cruisers, it being foggy, appeared off the east coast of Yorkshire about 8.0 o'c…"

"I may be uninspiring but I'll be d——d if I'm alien."

"It has always been my dream that the two English-speaking nations should some day be united in a great cause, and to-…"

"After a struggle longer and far more terrible than anyone could have foretold, the soil of Britain remains inviolate.…"

"These new soldiers, drawn from the civil population, have displayed a valour equal to that of their ancestors, who ha…"

"I shall ever remember how the Princes of India rallied to the cause, and with what ardour her soldiers sustained in m…"

"The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade agains…"