Champagne is the wine of civilization and the oil of government.

One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend, it would be the cause of the British Empire in India ... Our fight is hard. It will also be long ... But win or lose, we must do our duty. If the British people are to lose their Indian Empire, they shall do so with their eyes open.

Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman.

It is all right to rat, but you can't re-rat.

Nothing should be done for spite's sake.

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.

My education was interrupted only by my schooling.