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

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Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning...

Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning...

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the...

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the...

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...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

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.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain...

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain...

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of...

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of...

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to...

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to...

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...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

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

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

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near...

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near...

Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!' And if you were...

Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!' And if you were...

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to...

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to...

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great...

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great...