The Gathering Storm
2002 (TV)
Winston Churchill: I'm the new First lord. Military Guard: We know, sir. Winston Churchill: How do you know? Military Guard: A signal was sent to the fleet this afternoon, sir. Winston Churchill: What signal? Military Guard: Winston is back. Winston Churchill: (chuckles) He bloody well is!
Winston Churchill: I like pigs. Dogs look up to you; cats look down on you; pigs treat you as equals.
Winston Churchill: Now that I'm in charge of the Navy, Mr Hitler and his Nazi thugs had better look out. We're going to teach them a lesson that they'll never forget.
(the sound of Sarah tap-dancing can be heard through the ceiling) Clemmie Churchill: I think she wants to do it professionally. Winston Churchill: Annoy people?
Sir Robert Vansittart: Do you know what Lloyd George said about him? "He'd use the skin of his mother as a drum to sound his own praises."
Winston Churchill: There may be a war. I grant you that. Nevertheless we shall win. Ralph Wigram: How can you say that? It's just mindless optimism. Winston Churchill: (nods no) When I was at school, I had a friend called Merlind Evans. And one day we were talking about what we would do when we were grown up. And I don't know why I said this, or, why I thought it, but I said, "One day in the future, Britain will be in great danger, and it will fall to *me* to save London and the Empire." Ralph Wigram: Schoolboy fantasy. I wanted to play for England or climb Everest. Winston Churchill: (half nod no) My destiny. And I truly believe it. Ralph Wigram: You're an extraordinary man, Winston. Winston Churchill: I am, I know it. Ralph Wigram: Nobody but you could say that sort of thing and expect people to believe it. Winston Churchill: Destiny is what I believe in. Destiny commands. We must obey.
Winston Churchill: You're very rude to me, Inches. David Inches: *You're* very rude to *me*, sir. Winston Churchill: Yes, but I am a great man.
Winston Churchill: I've lived too long, I'm in the ruck, I've drunk too deeply of the cup, I cannot spend, I cannot fuck, I'm down and out! I'm buggered up!