God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time of difficulty.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

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.

Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out.

It is never possible to guarantee success, it is only possible to deserve it.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.