Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene and triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.

I am too busy. I have not time for worry.

We shall defend every village, every town and every city. The vast mass of London itself, fought street by street, could easily devour an entire hostile army; and we would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional.

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.