Winston Churchill


     A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

     Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

     Atlee is a very modest man. And with reason.

[Prime Minister Joseph] Chamberlain love the working man -- he loves to see him work.

     I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

     If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.

[of Montgomery] In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable.

[Sir Stafford Cripps] has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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

[Commentary on Man] Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

Lady Astor: Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.
Winston Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.

[on Formal Declarations of War] When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.