We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.

At the depths of that dusty soul there is nothing but abject surrender.

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

I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.

All I want is compliance with my wishes, after reasonable discussion.