Winston Churchill

The best way to get a good law is to get a good man to draft it.

If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the amount of good he has done, not by the amount of noise he has made.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words when short are best of all.

Eating my words has never given me indigestion.

The most important thing about a party is to know when to leave it.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.

We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

The only guide to a man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The power of the executive to give orders, and the duty of the citizen to obey them, are the foundations of all government.

I have always considered that a politician who cannot stand up to a little abuse is not much good.

The most important thing for a politician is to have a good memory and to be able to forget.

The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits—not animals.

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time—a tremendous whack.

The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—and perhaps a little more fear.