As it was put by Hilaire Belloc, in the words of the figure "Blood" in his poem "The Modern Traveller": Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not.
בשיר ידוע מאותה תקופה של הילאר בלוק (Hillaire Belloc) נאמר בהקשר זה: Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not.