Mr Birling's Perspective

• ''You're just the kind of son-in-law I've always wanted'' Mr Birling
• ''Crofts and Birlings... working together - for lower costs and higher prices'' Mr Birling
• ''I'm talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business. And I say there isn't a chance of war'' Mr Birling
• ''Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable'' Mr Birling
• ''There'll be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere'' Mr Birling
• ''Behave ourselves, don't... start a scandal'' Mr Birling
• ''As if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense'' Mr Birling