Winston Churchill

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

The further backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Madam, would you mind taking your elbow out of my rib? I have been using it for twenty years.

Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down.

One always has to be careful of politicians who say 'I'm not a politician.'

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am a prod.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the Government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

I have always been a man of principle, and my principle is to be in power.

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

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.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

It is a good thing for a man to have a wife who is not afraid of him, and who will tell him the truth.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

There is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.