A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress....Eve ry family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud....Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless.

One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.