Author: Winston Churchill

Youth vs. experience

“Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.”

Author: Winston Churchill

Life under socialism

“No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently worded expressions of public discontent. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanely … Continue reading

Author: Winston Churchill

Argument against democracy

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

Author: Winston Churchill

Capitalism vs. socialism

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.”

Author: Winston Churchill

Taxation for prosperity

“I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

Author: Winston Churchill

Idealism

“No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.”

Author: Winston Churchill