The Wisdom of Winston Churchill 2

There is no case for a quarrel between wealth and poverty, it is a quarrel between methods of government and themes of government.

Great quarrels... arise from small occasions that but seldom from small causes.

The only guide to a man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is a rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

The difference between our outlook [conservatism] and the Socialist outlook is the difference between the ladder and the queue. We are for the ladder. Let all try their best to climb. They are for the queue.*

The Conservative Party stands for a way of life which at every stage multiplies the choice open to the Socialist devotees... We plan for choices they plan for rules.

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which no one counts for anything except a politician or an official, or a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... Because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another.

It is the people who control the Government - not the Government the people.

Dictatorship: the fetish worship of one man.

The process of the creation of new wealth is beneficial to the whole community.

Source: The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill: A Treasury of More Than 1,000 Quotations and Anecdotes (1994) by James C. Humes.

*Bernie Sanders things waiting in line is a good thing because the successful has to wait in line too. Never mind that the poor and middle class has to wait in line for food too under socialism. That’s okay as long as the rich gets their punishment or as Sanders might say their “justice.” That should make the other groups feel better.