We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation.
I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Human beings are of two classes: those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and those whose work and pleasure are one.
So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.
There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously applied under conditions of peace and justice.
The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.
I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf.
You must understand that this war is not against Hitler or National Socialism, but against the strength of the German people, which is to be smashed once and for all, regardless of whether it is in the hands of Hitler or a Jesuit priest.
Never run away from anything. Never!
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries. Besides the fanatical frenzy which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is a fateful fatalistic apathy.
Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn.
The English never draw a line without blurring it.
Science should be on tap, not on top.
A sheep in sheep’s clothing.
If you wanted nothing done at all, Balfour was the man for the job.
Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.
I’m so bored with it all.
The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.
The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.
If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.