There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour

It is all right to rat, but you can't re-rat.

He said he was like a crocodile. You never knew whether he was trying to smile or preparing to swallow you up.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.