We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

I shall endeavor to marshal British opinion against a course of action which would bring in my opinion the greatest evils upon the people of India, upon the people of Great Britain and upon the British Empire itself.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.

The United Nations was set up not to get us to heaven, but only to save us from hell.

Things do not get better by being left alone.