The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times.

If you are going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Gli italiani perdono le partite di calcio come se fossero guerre e perdono le guerre come se fossero partite di calcio.

They said it was only a ground shark; but I was not wholly reassured. It is as bad to be eaten by a ground shark as by any other.

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

Logic, like science, must be the servant and not the master of man.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features...

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities – but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.

You’ll never find a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.

This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every...

As one’s fortunes are reduced, one spirit must expand to fill the void.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

The maxim, “Nothing prevails but perfection,” may be spelled PARALYSIS.

People stumble over the truth from time to time,but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

Una nación que intente prosperar subiendo impuestos es como un hombre con los pies en un cubo tratando de levantarse tirando del asa.

Churchill: “Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?” Socialite: “My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course… “Churchill: “Would you sleep with me for five...

I thought of a remark . . . that the United States is like a ‘gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it there is no limit to the power it can generate.’ Being...

Za pochodu si vytvárame svoj vlastný vesmír.

Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

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

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

A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality.

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

Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts … genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation … the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart...

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Good and great are seldom in the same man.

We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.

Never, never, never give in!

Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

…anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.

Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes.

Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is–the...

Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.

When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think (puff) my friend, you have had a pretty poor life.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to...

You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we’ve done, and they...

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.