It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

We are all worms. However, I like to think I'm a glow worm

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

There is more blood than paint upon these hands. All those thousands of men killed. We thought it would be a little job, and so it might have been if it had begun in the right way.

Unless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are dark and doubtful.