Winston Churchill

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

The Americans will always do the right thing, after exhausting all the alternatives.

We are masters of our fate, the captains of our souls.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

I always believe in going to the top for advice.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

I am ready to die, but I am not ready to surrender.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

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

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also drinking alcohol before, after, and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

Never was so much owed by so many to so few.

The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among all the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate.

Gandhi-ism and all it stands for must ultimately be grappled with and finally crushed.

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.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I intend to write that history.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

The British people can stand anything but boredom.