Winston Churchill
(page 4)

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

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

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

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

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

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

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

Every morn brought forth a noble chance, and every chance brought forth a noble knight.

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have war.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

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

Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.