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

If you are going through hell, keep going.

Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk.
Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.

The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.

The biggest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter.

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

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.

I am prepared to meet my maker; whether my maker is prepared to meet me is entirely another matter.

This paper by its very length defends itself against the risk of being read.

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. Speech given at Harrow School (1941-10-29).

The price of greatness is responsibility.

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