And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.' You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory-victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

Never give in, never give in, never give in.

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

It is the English-speaking nations who, almost alone, keep alight the torch of Freedom.

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.