Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

In the course of my life I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

Sometimes a slight and not unpleasing stammer or impediment has been of some assistance in securing the attention of the audience.

One can usually put one’s thoughts better in one’s own words.

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more durable than that of a great king.

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years men will still say 'This was their finest hour'.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

I do not wish to withdraw or modify a single word.