There is no situation to which it cannot address itself with vigour and ingenuity.  It is the citadel of British liberty.  It is the foundation of our laws.

Speech on the House of Commons in the House of Commons, October 28, 1942

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe…  No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise.  Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. 

Speech in the House on the Parliament Bill, November 11, 1947

In both our lands, it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.  

Oslo, May 13, 1948

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.  

Speech in the House, November 3, 1953

[Sir Winston was explaining that even a Parliament with a small majority ought, if possible, to run most of its course. Annual elections might turn the House into a 'vote-catching machine looking for a springboard."]

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation.  The set speech, the harangues addressed to constituents, or to the wider public out of doors, has never succeeded much in our small, wisely build chamber.

'Great Contemporaries'

[The old House of Commons, destroyed in the blitz, held only about two-thirds of the elected members.  It was, and its new edition is, rectangular, in contrast to other legislative chambers, which are semicircular. The advantages of opponents facing each other instead of being adjacent are very great.]

It is not Parliament that should rule; it is the people who should rule through Parliament.

House of Commons, November 11, 1947