It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Government Quotes

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...

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

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...

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...

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand...

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand...

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...

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.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved...

So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved...

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

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.

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...

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it....

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it....

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.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

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.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

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...

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the...

Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the...