I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to...
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails and then asks you...
When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be we shall fight on the...
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and...
In wartime truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a...
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it ignorance may deride it...
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its...
No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching...
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth but most of the time he will...
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny...
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
If you have an important point to make don't try to be subtle or clever. Use...
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile grin. If you...
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who...
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
The power of man has grown in every sphere except over himself.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians....
In war you can only be killed once but in politics many times.
Politics is almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can...
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow next...
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as...
Solitary trees if they grow at all grow strong.
If you're going through hell keep going.
I may be drunk Miss but in the morning I will be sober and you will still...
Men occasionally stumble over the truth but most of them pick themselves up...
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and...
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking...
A joke is a very serious thing.
For my part I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to...
History is written by the victors.
Study history study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this...
The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as...
No crime is so great as daring to excel.
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country...