We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

I'd prefer to be right than consistent.

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

I have not always been wrong. History will bear me out, particularly as I shall write that history myself.

I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us back to our rightful position among the nations. I am sorry, however, that he has not been mellowed by the great success that has attended him. The whole world would rejoice to see the Hitler of peace and tolerance, and nothing would adorn his name in world history so much as acts of magnanimity and of mercy and of pity to the forlorn and friendless, to the weak and poor.... Let this great man search his own heart and conscience before he accuses anyone of being a warmonger.