There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind.

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained. Having a family guarantees that you have a built in support system, and although that support system may not always be what you want it to be, when it comes down to the wire, your family will love you and stand behind you, no matter what.

Be a peg, hammered into the frozen ground, immovable.

Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.

The loyalties which center upon number one are enormous. If he trips, he must be sustained. If he make mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps, he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good, he must be pole-axed.

Never run away from anything. Never!