They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit back. It would be good for the morale of us all.

Golf. Trying to knock a tiny ball into an even smaller hole with implements ill suited to the purpose.

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.