Memorial Chapel
As said, there are certain things that bind a nation, apologies if this has been quoted earlier.
Winston Churchill at the dedication in 1951
..... as a nation we have short memories, and it is as well [this memorial] should bring to our remembrance the cost of victory in the days when one of our fighter pilots had to be worth ten. They died without seeing the reward for their efforts; we live to hold their reward inviolate and unfading...
Politicians and beancounters should pay heed to the first and last words ?