By being so long in the lowest form I gained an immense advantage over the cleverest boys . . . I got into my bones the essential structure of the normal British sentence - which is a noble thing.
with her factories equipped to the very latest point of science by British and American money.
I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire
I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence-which is a noble thing.
If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exertion for freedom, for right and for truth.
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.
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
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.