Quotes of Winston Churchill

Winston Chuchill, one of the political figures that I admire most. A great man with a great sense of humour in my opinion. He got many witty remarks, below are some of those which I like very much:

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

"There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion."

"Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft."

"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."

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

"Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times."

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

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."

"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."

"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."

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

"Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry."

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."