We must recognise that we have a great inheritance in our possession, which represents the prolonged achievement of the centuries; that there is not one of our simple uncounted rights today for which better men than we are have not died on the scaffold or the battlefield. We have not only a great treasure; we have a great cause. Are we taking every measure within our power to defend that cause?

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.

A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon in your wife’s bed is a cause of the gravest concern.

Never, ever ever ever ever give up.

I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.