Quotes from Winston Churchill

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

No two on earth in all things can agree. All have some daring singularity.

If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Young people at universities study to achieve knowledge and not to learn a trade. We must all learn how to support ourselves, but we must also learn how to live. We need a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of modern engineers.

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said ó namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as it proved, unconquerable.It fell to me to express it.

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously applied under conditions of peace and justice.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than his proclaiming the character to another.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground

Responsibility is the price of greatness.