I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

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