Winston Churchill

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

This beginning with Audacity, or being thrown into the middle of it, is already a very great part of the art of painting.

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

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

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

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

I have not always been wrong. History will bear me out, particularly as I shall write that history myself.

In defeat, unbeatable; in victor, unbearable

Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.

If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by the deepest convictions of our hearts.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation.

Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood and deny them truth for many generations of time. But the soul of man thus held in trance or frozen in a long night can be awakened by a spark coming from God knows where and in a moment the whole structure of lies and oppression is on trial for its life.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'

Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.