It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

I am not a bit afraid of Siegfried Sassoon. That man can think. I am afraid only of people who cannot think.

It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides.

I am very glad there are quite a number of people born with a gift and a liking for all of this; like great chessplayers who play sixteen games at once blindfold and die quite soon of epilepsy. Serve them right! I hope the Mathematicians, however, are well rewarded. I promise never to blackleg their profession nor take the bread out of their mouths.

If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.

There is the solution which I respectfully offer to you in this Address to which I have given the title "The Sinews of Peace."

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.