British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
I am easily satisfied with the very best.