A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to ... - Winston Churchill

"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen to him next week; and the ability to explain why it didn't happen."

Winston Churchill Politics

Prime Minister, Politician British 1874–1965

More from Winston Churchill

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"We shall never surrender."

"This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"Fear drives civilization. Without it, there is only chaos."

"Order through chaos. That's the only real answer."

"Politics and power corrupt when they're separated from purpose."

"The system isn't broken—it was built this way. We have to rebuild it."