Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care ... We should not be wiped out. Our history would not come to an end ... Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to a powder. All the rest was merely the proper application of overwhelming force.

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none too well. Some things that ought to be done have not yet been done...[But Britain's effort has] justly commanded the wonder and admiration of every friendly nation in the world.

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.