Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness... We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude which has befallen Great Britain and France. Do not let us blind ourselves to that... Do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning.

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

In Hitler's launching of the Nazi campaign upon Russia we can already see, after less than six months of fighting, that he made one of the outstanding blunders of history, and the results so far realized constitute an event of cardinal importance in the final decision of the war.

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.