It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future.

Let us set up a standard around which the brave and the loyal can rally.

And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.

Do not let us speak of darker days, let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days-the greatest days our country has ever lived; and we must all thank God that we have been allowed, each of us according to our stations, to play a part in making these days memorable in the history of our race.

One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible.