I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy.

Far be it from me to paint a rosy picture of the future...But I should be failing in my duty if, on the other side, I were not to convey the true impression, that this great nation is getting into its war stride.

It may be that ... when the advance of destructive weapons enables everyone to kill everybody else nobody will want to kill anyone at all. [Referring to the hydrogen bomb.]

Our dog chases people on a bike. We've had to take it off him.

It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it.