Winston Churchill
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Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

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

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

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

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

Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

The further backward you look, the further forward you can see.

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

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

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

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

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.