These quotes are all from Winston Churchill.
A politician needs 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.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
History is written by the victors.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
I like a man who grins when he fights.
I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. (haha)
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.
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