Winston Churchill

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

"Martyrdom, sir, is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability."

"A politician is a man upon whom everyone has agreement he ought to serve the public interest."

"The genius of a great statesman is to see the substance of things through their accident."

"Play the game for more than you can afford to lose only then will you learn the game."

"I am easily satisfied with the very best."

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

"Human beings are creatures of habit more than of reason."

"Some of the greatest things are unseen, that is why we close our eyes when we dream, cry, kiss or pray."

"There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you."

"The possession of unlimited power is apt to be most corrupting to the human soul."

"Courage is the quality which guarantees all other qualities."

"In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my own words, and I must confess that I have always found it a nutritious diet."

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you shine on it, the more it will contract."

"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf."

"Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory."

"There is a soul to America and that soul is freedom."

"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best and the old words when short are best of all."

"If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future."

"The human story does not always unfold like an arithmetical calculation on the principle that two and two make four."

"The spirit of adventure is that which characterizes the human species."

"The price of living is living itself."

"A secret in the Oxford sense: you may tell it to one person at a time."

"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."

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

"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."

"The inheritance of good taste is the only thing that makes inheritance worth while."

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

"Night is not the time to lock the stable door."