Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.

It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.

If you wanted nothing done at all, Balfour was the man for the job.

If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care.

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.

A man who gets the reputation of rising at dawn can sleep to noon.