I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional.

If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now.

The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits—not animals…. There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.