I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but of the whole nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless and, as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it, and if I found the right words you must remember that I have always earned my living by my pen and by my tongue. It was a nation and race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.

The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes there has never been peace in the world; and long before history began murderous strife was universal and unending.

I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf.

There are bitter weeds in England.

A nation which has forgotten its past can have no future.

Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.