There are lies, damn lies and statistics

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity

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

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

Under capitalism, people have more cars. Under communism, they have more parking spaces.

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

If you are going through hell, keep going.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

You have only to endure to conquer and you have only to persevere to save yourselves

Men sometimes stumble on the truth, but most men pick themselves up and walk on as if nothing had happened at all

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning

If you destroy a free market you create a black market

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the Law

Most people occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and continue on as if nothing ever happened

It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as folly

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle

Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy

the greatest argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter Winston Churchill

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handles. Winston Churchill

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last Winston Churchill

People and nations tend to find the right path after they exhaust all others Winston Churchill