Winston Churchill

This was their finest hour.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just; and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality from the magnificent English countryside.

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Lady Astor: 'If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.' Churchill: 'If I were your husband, I'd drink it.'

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.

I am easily reconciled to the change, for I have always believed that the right man comes to the right place in due time.