Winston Churchill

A man who gets the reputation of rising at dawn can sleep to noon.

There was a man who sold a hyena skin while the beast still lived and who was killed in hunting it.

In the past we have had a light which flickered, in the present we have a light which flames, and in the future there will be a light which shines over all the land and sea.

A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.

Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share of his straitened resources far greater that what we need in the attack.

A world united is better than a world divided, but a world divided is better than a world destroyed.

An efficient and a successful administration manifests itself equally in small as in great matters.

It is no use dealing with illusions and make-believes. We must look at the facts. The world ... is too dangerous for anyone to be able to afford to nurse illusions. We must look at realities.

My greatest good fortune in a life of brilliant experiences has been to find you, and to lead my life with you. I don't feel far away from you out here at all. I feel very near in my heart; and also I feel that the nearer I get to honour, the nearer I am to you.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

The British people are good all through. You can test them as you would put a bucket into the sea and always find it salt.

Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.

What kind of people do they [the Japanese] think we are?

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation.

Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.

The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble.

I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.

Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it

All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant; unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true.