"The old wars were decided by their..." - Quote by Winston Churchill

“Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after its vitality was sapped. For nearly a hundred years our Island was one of the scenes of conflict between a dying civilisation and lusty, famishing barbarism.”

“We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.”

“All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.”

“The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.”

“I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.”

“Relationships are leverage. If you give value to someone else first, you have leverage.”

“It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.”

“Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.”

“The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.”