Winston Churchill: [in his first speech as Prime Minister] But now one bond unites us all. To wage war until victory is won, and never to surrender ourselves to servitude and shame. Whatever the cost and the agony may be, conquer we must, as conquer we shall.
Winston Churchill: On certain matters I have very few people with whom I can... talk frankly.
King George VI: Perhaps now we have each other.
Winston Churchill: And I no longer scare you?
King George VI: A little. But I can cope.
King George VI: Go to the people. Let them instruct you. Quite silently, they usually do. But tell them... the truth unvarnished.
Winston Churchill: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Winston Churchill: [shouting at a photo of Hitler] HOUSEPAINTER!
Clemmie: Are we terribly old?
Winston Churchill: Yes, I'm afraid you are.
Clemmie: Oh, you beast!
Viscount Halifax: The deadly danger here is this romantic fantasy of fighting to the end. What is "the end" if not the destruction of all things? There's nothing heroic in going down fighting if it can be avoided. Nothing even remotely patriotic in death or glory if the odds are firmly on the former. Nothing inglorious in trying to shorten a war we are clearly losing.
Title Card: Hitler has invaded Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, and Norway. 3 million German troops are now poised on the Belgian border, ready to conquer the rest of Europe. In Britain, Parliament has lost faith in its leader Neville Chamberlain. The search for a replacement has already begun...
Clemmie: Here is a woman who's always tired, for she lives a life where too much is required.
Winston Churchill: There is no doubt that if we falter at all in the leading of the nation we should all be hurled out of office.
Winston Churchill: [riding the train] What are you all staring at? Have you never seen, uh, the prime minister ride the Underground before?
Winston Churchill: My poor judgement.
King George VI: [to Churchill] I confess I had some reservations about you at first. But while some in this country dreaded your appointment, none dreaded it like Adolf Hitler. Whoever can strike fear into that brute's heart is worthy of all our trust.
[Clemmie proposes that the family drink a toast to Winston who has just become Prime Minister]
Winston Churchill: [raising his glass of champagne] Here's to... to not buggering it up.
All: To not buggering it up!
Winston Churchill: D'you know, I've never ridden a bus? I've never queued for bread. I believe I can boil an egg... but only because I've seen it done. The only time I tried riding the Underground was during the General Strike. Clemmie dropped me off at South Kensington station. I went down but got lost. I came straight back up! It was awful.
[having accepted the post of Prime Minister, Churchill must now have regular meetings with the King]
Sir Anthony Eden: You only have to meet him once a week.
Winston Churchill: But that's like saying you only have to have your tooth pulled once a week.
