Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Show me a young Conservative and I’ll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I’ll show you someone with no brains.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.