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

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel...

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel...

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry...

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry...

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

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...

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones,...

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones,...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best...

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best...

When you get to the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on.

When you get to the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not...

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not...

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and...

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and...