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A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.
The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.
I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.
I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment.
What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.
I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.
Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
The free enterprise system has not failed; the financial system has failed.
Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.
What I will say to people is what you require are rules and not prejudices.
Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.
A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.
Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.
Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.
it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
Long experience has told me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.
Lord Randolph Churchill was the chief mourner at his own protracted funeral.
Advice would be more acceptable if it didn't always conflict with our plans.
Winston has written four volumes about himself and called it 'World Crisis'.
You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy.
I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country.
Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.
Much is said about English severity, but not a word about Irish provocation.
Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree
It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!
The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.
It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.
Those whose work and pleasure are one... are... Fortune's favoured children.
Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.
Don't be content to be the chip off the old block - be the old block itself.
Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.
It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.
Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.
The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.
In Britain, we are not a secular state as France is, or some other countries.
A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.
I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.
Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs