Winston Churchill

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. read more

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a read more

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

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, read more

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing read more

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it