To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
The nose of the bulldog is slanted backwards so he can continue to breathe without letting go.
These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it.
This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a war of the Unknown Warriors; but let all strive without failing in faith or in duty, and the dark curse of Hitler will be lifted from our age.
The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars England —he should have said Britain, of course— always wins one battle – – the last.
