Without Courage All Other Virtues

The Acts We Engage In For Appeasment Today, We Will Have To Remedy At Far Greater Cost And Remorse Tomorrow.

Have No Fear Of The Future. Let Us Go Forward Into Its Mysteries, Tear Away The Veils Which Hide It From Our Eyes, And Move Onwards With Confidence And Courage.

Hitler Knows That He Will Have To Break Us In This Island Or Lose The War. If We Can Stand Up To Him, All Europe May Be Free, And Life Of The World May Move Forward Into Broad, Sunlit Uplands. But If We Fall, Then The Whole World, Including The United States, Including All That We Have Known And Cared For, Will Sink Into The Abyss Of A New Dark Age... Let Us Therefore Brace Ourselves To Our Duties, 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.'

One Evening At Chequers The Film Was Oliver Twist. Rufus, As Usual, Had The Best Seat In The House, On His Master's Lap. At The Point When Bill Sikes Was About To Drown His Dog To Put The Police Off His Track, Churchill Covered Rufus's Eyes With His Hand. He Said, "don't Look Now, Dear. I'll Tell You About It Afterwards."

There Are Two Things That Are More Difficult Than Making An After-dinner Speech: Climbing A Wall Which Is Leaning Toward You And Kissing A Girl Who Is Leaning Away From You.