Armed With A Paint-box, One Cannot Be

No One Can Understand History Without Continually Relating The Long Periods Which Are Constantly Mentioned To The Experiences Of Our Own Short Lives.

One Ought Never To Turn One's Back On A Threatened Danger And Try To Run Away From It. If You Do That, You Will Double The Danger. But If You Meet It Promptly And Without Flinching, You Will Reduce The Danger By Half. Never Run Away From Anything. Never!

They Had Bombed London, Whether On Purpose Or Not, And The British People And London Especially Should Know That We Could Hit Back. It Would Be Good For The Morale Of Us All.

Who Is Not Liberal When Young, Does Not Have A Heart. Who Is Not Conservative When Old, Does Not Have A Brain.

History's Villains Are More Easily Recognized In Retrospect. In An Article Published In 1935 And Reprinted In 1937, Winston Churchill Expressed A Curious Ambivalence Towards The German Chancellor Prior To The Outbreak Of War: We Cannot Tell Whether Hitler Will Be The Man Who Will Once Again Let Loose Upon The World Another War In Which Civilization Will Irretrievably Succumb, Or Whether He Will Go Down In History As The Man Who Restored Honour And Peace Of Mind To The Great Germanic Nation. . . .