There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

Victory is the beautiful, bright-colored flower. Transport is the stem without which it could never have blossomed.

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon

I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.

Nothing can save England if she will not save herself. If we lose faith in ourselves, in our capacity to guide and govern, if we lose our will to live, then indeed our story is told.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.