I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

They feed the crocodile in the hope that he will eat them last.

If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies, choking in his own blood upon the ground.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit back. It would be good for the morale of us all.