For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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

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

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of...

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be...

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be...

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in...

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in...

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack...

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack...

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations...

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations...

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried...

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried...

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard...

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard...

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.