Wild men, screaming through the keyholes.

Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machines over the precipice not one of them wanted war, certainly not on this scale

Neville [Chamberlain] has a retail mind in a wholesale business.