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.

Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people, our Empire, and indeed the whole English-speaking world are passing through a dark and deadly valley.

The person of truth must be covered with bodyguards of lies.

Even fools are right sometimes.

It is never possible to guarantee success, it is only possible to deserve it.

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.