Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

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.

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.

I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail.