We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like...

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like...

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're going through hell, keep going.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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.

A joke is a very serious thing

A joke is a very serious thing

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

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...

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!' And if you were...

Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!' And if you were...

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the...

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the...

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you...

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you...

When you feel like giving up...Don't.

When you feel like giving up...Don't.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an...

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an...

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...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...