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

Quote by Winston Churchill

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No one ever finds life worth living - one has to make it worth living

No one ever finds life worth living - one has to make it worth living

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

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...

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

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

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

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

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

There is nothing wrong with change...if it is in the right direction.

There is nothing wrong with change...if it is in the right direction.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,...

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously...

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously...

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no...

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...