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

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy.

Nothing can save England if she will not save herself. If we lose faith in ourselves, in our capacity to guide and govern, if we lose our will to live, then indeed our story is told.

Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by.

To try to be safe everywhere is to be strong nowhere.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even though they themselves be exterminated, may perhaps be celebrated as long as the world rolls round.