The Wisdom of Winston Churchill 7

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than responsible and wrong.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Too often the strong silent man is silent because he doesn't know what to say.

Victory will never be found by taking the line of least resistance.

Man in this moment of his history has emerged in greater supremacy over the forces of nature than has ever been dreamed of  before. He has it in his power to solve quite easily the problems of material existence. He has conquered the wild beasts and he has even conquered the insects and microbes. All is in his head. He has to conquer his last and worst enemy--himself.

Socialism assails the pre-eminence of individual.

Socialism is contrary to human nature.

"All men are created equal." says the American Declaration of Independence. "All men shall be kept equal." says the Socialists.

We want a lot of engineers in the world but we do not want a world of engineers.

Taxes: A grave discouragement to enterprise and thrift.

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