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| Positions: First Lord of the Admiralty, 1939-1940 |
| Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1940- |
| 1945 |
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| "Never in the face of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few."
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| "It so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to
bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations."
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| "I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."
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| "I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar"
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| "A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."
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| "The Americans will always do the right thing... After they've exhausted all the alternatives."
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| "We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds,
in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this island or a large part of it
were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on the struggle until in God's good
time the New World with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the Old."
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| "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
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| "You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terrors. Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."
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"You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war."
- to Neville Chamberlain who returned from signing the Munich pact with Hitler
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