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.

If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.