Never, never, never give up.
Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the...
Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty the drama of human life would be destroyed.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so -bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say "This was their finest hour."
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
We must have a better word than "prefabricated" why not "ready-made"?
We must beware of needless innovations especially when guided by logic.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.