One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.

If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at it. But the only safe way is to convince Hitler that he cannot beat us.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.

Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty.