I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it.

I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parley.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open where they will. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.

No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.