Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police.

The poodle [Rufus] ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet beside the head of the household, and no one else ate until the butler had served Rufus's meal.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

I must place on record my regret that the human race ever learned to fly.

Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice will be born again the glory of mankind.

I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation.