Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next...

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next...

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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.

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all...

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all...

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...

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...

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....

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

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

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can...

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can...

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use...

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

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

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

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...

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...

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.

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

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

A joke is a very serious thing.

A joke is a very serious thing.

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...