The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there's no limit to the power it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
They have done what they like. Their difficulty is to like what they have done. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The United States abd usually be reiled on to do the right thing, but only after they have tried all the other… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
A world united is better than a world divided, but a world divided is better than a world destroyed. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp or violently worded expressions… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Unless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Politics is like waking up in the morning. You never know whose head you'll find on the pillow. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Neville Chamberlain looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
He has to conceal what he would most wish to make public, and make public what he would most wish to conceal. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war too. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Let us make sure that the supreme fact of the 20th century is that they tread the same path.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“There is a kind of intolerant spirit now abroad which arises out of the growing power of party and other machinery —… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action. — Winston Churchill Copy Share