There is a denial of the value of the individual. Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it. The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race. The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.

If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you're half-way to a dictatorship.

I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.

When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days

The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends but of one's enemies.

Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.