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Winston Churchill
One voyage to...
One voyage to India is enough; the others are merely repletion.
Source: My Early...
It is more...
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
Source: In
Opening amenities are...
Opening amenities are often opening inanities.
Source: In
The inherent vice...
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent vice of socialism is the equal...
There is no...
There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to...
By being so...
By being so long in the lowest form I gained an immense advantage over the cleverest boys . . . I got into my bones...
Let our advance...
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
Source: In
The truth is...
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it...
The reserve of...
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the...
We are all...
We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.
Source: In Webster's...
Headmasters have powers...
Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime Ministers have never yet been...
No crime is...
No crime is so great as daring to excel.
Source: In
There is in...
There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.
Source: In
The whole history...
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and...
Danger -- if...
Danger -- if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from...
So they told...
So they told me how Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.
No folly is...
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.
Source: In
There is no...
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Source:...
There are a...
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are...
Nothing can be...
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular....