For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

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

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

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

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

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

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to...

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to...

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

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.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of...

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of...

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.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power...

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power...

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...

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

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 inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run...

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run...

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.