He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can.
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effortis able to develop only trade-union consciousness.
In the history of modern socialism this is a phenomenon, that the strife of the various trends within the socialist movement has from national become international.
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Politics is 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.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.
Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... " Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?" Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!" Churchill:"Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.”
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.
Continuous effort! not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking your potential.
I do not see any other way of realizing our hopes about World Organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty took seven.
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.
I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.
No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.