A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Winston Churchill Quotes

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

A joke is a very serious thing.

A joke is a very serious thing.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

For me to live - part of me must die

For me to live - part of me must die

The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the...

The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

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

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

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

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

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

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

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

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

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as...

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as...

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this...

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this...

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...