It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
There are few virtues which the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present we shall find we have lost the future.
India is a geographical term. It is no more a United Nation than the Equator.
Never give in 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.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the...
No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.
No one can guarantee success in war but only deserve it.
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."
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat but they are no less difficult.
I have never accepted what many people have kindly said namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to...
The future though imminent is obscure.
For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.