Winston Churchill

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.

Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime ministers have never yet been invested.

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.

We used to be a source of fuel; we are increasingly becoming a sink. These supplies of foreign liquid fuel are no doubt vital to our industry, but our ever-increasing dependence upon them ought to arouse serious and timely reflection. The scientific utilisation, by liquefaction, pulverisation and other processes, or our vast and magnificent deposits of coal, constitutes a national object of prime importance.

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn.

Never run away from anything. Never!

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously applied under conditions of peace and justice.

So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.

There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

If I was your wife Sir, I'd poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I'd let you!

The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering.

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.