Quote #170

The maxim 'nothing avails but perfection' may be spelt shorter: PARALYSIS.

More from Winston Churchill

  1. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
  2. The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs. (attributed to a House of Commons speech of 1951)
  3. The Hun is either at your throat or at your feet.
  4. The price of greatness is responsibility.
  5. The House of Commons has lifted our affairs above the mechanical sphere into the human sphere.
  6. The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience.
  7. The honourable gentleman should not really generate more indignation than he can conveniently contain.
  8. There, but for the grace of God, goes God.

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