Churchill quotes

"Politics is the ability to tell 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."

On former Prime Minister Clement Attlee: "He is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about."

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

On former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald: "A sheep in sheep's clothing."

"In the course of my life I've often had to eat my words, and I must confess I've always found it a wholesome diet."

"History shall be kind to me. For I intend to write it."

"When I was younger I made it a rule never to take a drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast."

On former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin: "I wish Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived."

On always being late for meetings: "I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and planes a fair chance of getting away."

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