I have had to eat my own words many times, and I have found it a very nourishing diet.

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

From now on we shall bomb Germany on an ever-increasing scale, month by month, year by year, until the Nazi regime has either been exterminated by us or - better still - torn to pieces by the German people themselves.

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.