Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.

We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

We used to be a source of fuel; we are increasingly becoming a sink. These supplies of foreign liquid fuel are no doubt vital to our industry, but our ever-increasing dependence upon them ought to arouse serious and timely reflection. The scientific utilisation, by liquefaction, pulverisation and other processes, or our vast and magnificent deposits of coal, constitutes a national object of prime importance.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.