Winston Churchill

This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put.

Today is Trinity Sunday. Centuries ago words were written to be a call and a spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice: Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar. As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gongthese are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy.

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

Major terrorists are provided refuge in Florida. The late Bosch is one, Orlando Bosch. Posada is another. You remember there was something called the Bush Doctrine, Bush II: A country that harbors terrorists is the same as the terrorists themselves.

This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars – they would think the country has gone insane.

I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

The most repressive countries in the Middle East are the ones we support. By comparison to Saudi Arabia, Iran looks like Norway…As far as violence in the Middle East is concerned, the Saudi Arabian [and] UAE actions in Yemen, which we’re supporting, are much worse than anything.

The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.

I’ve been in the Labour Party all my life. I am a socialist. I am determined to see a fairer and more equal society.

Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.

We should be adult and grown up and decriminalise cannabis

The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.

If one looks at the map of the world, it’s difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.

To the extent that Trump’s programs are coherent, they fall into the same general category of those of Paul Ryan, who has granted us the kindness of spelling them out: increase spending on the military…and cut back taxes, mainly on the rich, with no new revenue sources.

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.