The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

Success is bounding from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Success is bounding from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us....

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us....

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

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...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

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.

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.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry...

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry...

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity,...

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity,...

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

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.

Change the overall conviction that you can't do anything, and you will be able to...

Change the overall conviction that you can't do anything, and you will be able to...

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold...

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold...

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.