The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene and triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

[Should Britain fail, then the entire world would] sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister ... by the lights of perverted science.

I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial.

We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past.

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

It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word.