He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

If have agreed to others always, you would not have enemies but if you resisted, you will have.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all the others.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Winston Churchill

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.

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.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

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

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

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

A modest man, who has much to be modest about.

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