نسخة من كلمة بعنوان "الإمبراطورية ومسؤولياتها" ألقاها لويس بيلي في نادي هامستيد الدستوري بتاريخ ٦ أبريل ١٨٩٢ [و‎‎١‎٢] (٤٠/٢٣)

how is this densely peopled island to be fed when an
enemy should dominate in the Channel? I do not speak
of invasion of the kingdom, for I am certain that in
vasion would rouse the people ta -I'iae in « mass^ so that
any hostile force landing might indeed do incalculable
mischief, but would be finally annihilated. No, what I
fear is starvation, to prevent which the Government
might find itself compelled to capitulate.
Gentlemen, I think you will perceive that I hold
our Navy to be the key and essential factor of our Empire?
Naval Power maintained, all else is manageable. But naval
supremacy, sea power gone, the rest goes with it.
I am aware that there are rhetoricians who would
dispute all that I am now advancing. But who are these
men? I have known some of them and it has been my fate
to listen to some of them. And I do assure you that I