“Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.”
Politics“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
Pet“Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.”
Politics“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”
Diet“One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.”
Time“If you're going through hell, keep going.”
Motivational“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.”
Saintpatricksday“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
Pet“If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.”
Future“If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.”
Politics“A joke is a very serious thing.”
Humor“A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.”
War“For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.”
History“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”
Best“It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.”
Power“The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.”
Power“My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.”
Life“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.”
Government“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”
Smile“We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
Truth“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
Courage“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
Future