I would tell myself that I was about to address the largest mass assembly of idiots ever gathered in the history of mankind.

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.

We shall defend every village, every town and every city. The vast mass of London itself, fought street by street, could easily devour an entire hostile army; and we would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward

The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

The English are loth to express their feelings, but in my stall in the choir I could feel the pent-up, passionate emotion, and also the fear of the congregation, not of death or wounds or material loss, but of defeat and the final ruin of Britain.

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.