It must not however be forgotten that there are idlers and wastrels at both ends of the social scale.

Winston Churchill · Recorded in the official biography by Randolph Churchill and Martin Gilbert, 10 February 1911

I hope I shall be pardoned if I do not confine myself entirely to the uncontroversial methods which I usually practise.

Winston Churchill · House of Commons, 4 December 1952

Winston Churchill · Article “Consistency in Politics”, Pall Mall, July 1927

Winston Churchill · To Michael Collins, who complained that a price had been put on his head

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