It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.

Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few.

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. Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, June 10, 1941 #3287 Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, 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.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt... We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.

[On recognizing China] But if you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them. For instance, we all recognize the right honorable gentleman the member for Ebbw Vale.

There but for the grace of God goes God.

It might be said that Lord Rosebery outlived his future by ten years and his past by more than twenty.

[He] looks at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe.

If heaven is going to be full of people like Hardie, well, the Almighty can have them to himself.