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

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

I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.

One of the most important signs of the existence of a democracy is that when there is a knock at the door at 5 in the morning, one is completely certain that it is the milkman.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.