The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

I have had a number of threatening letters each week, some telling me the actual time and method of my death, and I don't like it.

Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!

What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?

One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are billed to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.