These are some quotes from a compilation by Dominique Enright of Churchills pithy humour<\/p>\n
\u2018I am ready to meet my maker- but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018If Hitler invaded Hell, I would at least make a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of commons\u2019 (said when Russia was invaded by Germany)<\/p>\n
\u2018He is a modest man who has a great deal to be modest about\u2019<\/p>\n
When proposing a toast to Stalin at a conference he praosed his desire for peace then in a whisper to a colleague \u2018a piece of Poland, a piece of Czeckoslovakia\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
in 2000 women will rule the world, Winston \u2018They still will will they?\u2019<\/p>\n
To a well endowed woman who told him she had got up at dawn and driven a hundred miles to attend the unveiling of hjis bust in Richmond , Virginia \u2018Madam, I want you to know that I would be happy to reciprocate the honour\u2019<\/p>\n
The marks of a politician \u2018The ability to foretell wwhat is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didnt happen\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Democracy is the worst form of government except all those others that have been tried from time to time\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018This paper by its very length defends itself against the risk of being read\u2019<\/p>\n
In a campaign he was told by a voter they would rather vote for the devil than him \u2018But in case your friend is not running, can I count on your support?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018If I valued the honourable gentlemans opinion I might get angry\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018The inherant vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries\u2019<\/p>\n
Speeches are \u2018the art of making deep sounds from the stomach sound like important messages from the brain\u2019 Winston has spent the best years of his life in preparing impromtu speeches. \u2018I am going to make a long speech because I haven\u2019t had time to prepare a short one\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018I can well understand the honourable member\u2019s wishing to speak on. He needs the practice badly\u2019<\/p>\n
Roosevelt said of him \u2018He has a hundred ideas a day, of which four are good ideas\u2019<\/p>\n
an actor friend telegraphed him \u20182 tickets reserved for you first night. Bring a fiend if you have one\u2019 his reply? \u2018Cant make first night. WIll come to the second. If you have one\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything I am a prod\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018I am not usually even by my friends accused of a modest or retiring disposition\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Of course I am an egoist. Where do you get if you aren\u2019t\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018The English never draw a line without blurring it\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018it is better to be irresponsible and right than responsible and wrong\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018A fanatic is one who can\u2019t change his mind and won\u2019t change the subject\u2019<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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