27 Quotes filtered by pick of the bunch
The wind of change is blowing through the continent and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.
Harold Macmillan 03/02/1960
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, South Africa, Nationalism
Government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Abraham Lincoln 19/11/1863
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, What is Government
When they circumcised Herbert Samuel they threw away the wrong bit.
David Lloyd George
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, Insulting Liberals
if it's a boy I'll call him John. if it's a girl I'll call her Mary. But if, as I suspect, it's only a bag of wind, I'll call it F E Smith.
Lord Chief Justice Stewart
To F E Smith after he commented on the size of Stewart's stomach and asked "What's it to be, a boy or girl?"
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, Insulting Conservatives
Nancy Astor: Winston, if I were married to you I'd put poison in your coffee.
Winston Churchill: Nancy, if you were my wife, I'd drink it.
Winston Churchill 1912
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, Repartee
let's be frank about it, most of our people have never had it so good.
Harold Macmillan 20/07/1957
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, Standard of Living
To those waiting with baited breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U Turn, I have only one thing to say. You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.
Margaret Thatcher 10/10/1980
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, Leadership
