It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

We have taken a grave and hazardous decision to sustain the Greeks and try to make a Balkan Front.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

When someone says to me, Ugh, you smoke. I reply, Ugh, you're ugly. I can quit smoking.

I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.