My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Life Quotes

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.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

The maxim of the British people is Business as usual.

The maxim of the British people is Business as usual.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him...

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him...

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties...

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties...

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...

War is a catalouge of blunders.

War is a catalouge of blunders.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

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...

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

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...

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.

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount...

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount...

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

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...

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.