I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

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."

Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.

The great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters.

For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

Great success always comes at the risk of enormous failure.