Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

Dull—duller—Dulles.

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

How few men are strong enough to stand against the prevailing currents of opinion!

It is no part of my case that I am always right.

The recognition of their language is precious to a small people.

We must always be ready to make sacrifices for the great causes; only in that way shall we live to keep our souls alive.

The object of Parliament is to substitute arguments for fisticuffs.

Is [this coalition] to be above party Government or below party Government?

Sometimes when fortune scowls most spitefully, she is preparing her most dazzling gifts.

It’s a long way to Tipperary, but a visit there is sometimes irresistible.

…soldiers must die, but by their death they nourish the nation which gave them birth.

Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

Evils can be created much quicker than they can be cured.

…I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it for a time parts company with reality.

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past…

The maxim of the British people is ‘Business as usual.’

Patience and good temper accomplish much.

The Hon. Member is never lucky in the coincidence of his facts with the truth.

You must look at facts, because they look at you.

Kites rise highest against the wind not with it.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

The further backward you look, the further forward you can see.

An announcement of a prospective surplus is always a milestone in a budget….

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer.

No technical knowledge can outweigh knowledge of the humanities.

Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty….

Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.

You cannot cure cancer by a majority. What is needed is a remedy.”

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

It is not in our power to anticipate our destiny.

I think of France, anxious, peace-loving, pacifist to the core, but armed to the teeth…

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Our task is not only to win the battle—but to win the war.

Mr. Speaker, let us envisage—an unpleasant and overworked word.

Above all, my dear friend, do not be vexed or discouraged. We are on the stage of history.

The only guide to a man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

One can usually put one’s thoughts better in ones own words.

I can well understand the Hon. Member speaking for practice,which he badly needs.

At the beginning of this War megalomania was the only form of sanity.

War never pays its dividends in cash on the money it costs.

The First Sea Lord moves the fleet. No one else moves it.

[I object] on principle to doing by legislation what properly belongs to charity.

Craft is common both to skill and deceit.

My Rt. Hon. Friend [Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood] has not been long enough in office to grow a guilty conscience.

Each one [of the neutral nations] hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.

Nationalization of industry is the doom of trade unionism.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am a prod.

We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.

Life, which is so complicated and difficult in great matters, nearly always presents itself in simple terms.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

…I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught….

The British people have taken for themselves this motto: ‘Business carried on as usual during alterations on the map of Europe.’

I can well understand the Hon. Member speaking for practice, which he badly needs.

If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care.

I could not live without Champagne. In victory I deserve it. In defeat I need it.

I never take pleasure in human woe.

Well it may be said, well it was said, that the prerogatives of the Crown have become privileges of the people.

In wartime, Truth is so precious that she should always be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.

Chivalrous gallantry is not among the peculiar characteristics of excited democracy.

Time and money are largely interchangeable terms.

A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

A fanatic is someone who won’t change his mind, and wont change the subject

–The British people have always been superior to the British climate.

There is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do…  But this principle…  has its exceptions.

One ought to be just before one is generous.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

War is very cruel. It goes on for so long.

All wisdom is not new wisdom.

The British Constitution is mainly British common sense.

The usefulness of a naval invention ceases when it is enjoyed by everyone else.

Bolshevism is a great evil, but it has arisen out of great social evils.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Vengeance is the most costly and dissipating of luxuries.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill.

Let us learn our lessons.

Frightfulness is not a remedy known to the British pharmacopoeia.

Language is a great bridge.

The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.

If you destroy a free market you create a black market.

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past…

The Hon. Member is never lucky in the coincidence of his facts with the truth.

Honours should go where death and danger go.

Great and impressive are the effects of contrast.