politics Quotes

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

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.

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.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.