It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

Everyone threw the blame on me ... they nearly always do. I suppose ... they think I shall be able to bear it best.

It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own