If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
Winston Churchill Quotes
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Of course we argued about the war (in South Africa). After some interchanges I found myself beaten back to the citadel “My country right or wrong.” – “Ah,” said the old gentleman, “When the poor country is fighting for its life, I agree. But this was not your case”. (relating his 1900 exchange with Mark […]
Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.
For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.
If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
Stimson, what was gunpowder? Trivial. What was electricity? Meaningless. This atomic bomb is the Second Coming in Wrath.
Atomic energy might be as good as our present day explosives, but is unlikely to produce anything very much more dangerous. (1939)
