[Winston Churchill] never spares himself in conversation. He gives himself so generously that hardly anyone else is permitted to give anything in his presence.

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

The hero's need of the people outlasts their need of him.

Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.

The Prime Minister wins debate after debate and loses battle after battle. The country is beginning to say that he fights debates like a war and the war like a debate.

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.