Winston Churchill

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

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

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

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

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.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.