You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth that can protect him from bombing, whatever people may tell him. The bomber will always get through. The only defence is in offence, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves.

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.

Once I leave, I leave. I am not going to speak to the man on the bridge, and I am not going to spit on the deck.

The work of a Prime Minister is the loneliest job in the world.