" Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. "

Sir Winston Churchill, End of war speeches – Debt to RAF British politician (1874 – 1965)

" It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. "

Sir Winston Churchill, My Early Life, 1930 British politician (1874 – 1965)

" It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear; about two, nothing can be done, so it

" [He] looks at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. "

Winston Churchill

" The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others. "

Winston Churchill

" When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward. "

Sir Winston Churchill, speech in the House of Commons, November 29, 1944 British politician (1874 – 1965)

" The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. "

Winston Churchill

" To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" Virtuous motives, trammeled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness. A sincere love of peace is no excuse for muddling hundreds of millions of humble folk into total war. The cheers of the weak, well-meaning assemblies soon cease to count. Doom marches on. "

Sir Winston Churchill, March 1936, demanding British re-armament British politician (1874 – 1965)

" If you were my husband, i would feed you poison.
“If you were my wife, madam, i would take it! "

Lady Astor and William Churchill

" There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" This report, by its very length, defends itself against being read. "

Winston Churchill

" The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" It is no use saying, “We are doing our best.” You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. "

Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, 1941, Harrow School British politician (1874 – 1965)

" We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. "

Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, 4. June, 1940 British politician (1874 – 1965)

" I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent. "

Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 12, 1936 British politician (1874 – 1965)

" When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" Why you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, and th most audacious soldier, put them at a table together-and what do you get? The sum of their fears. "

Winston Churchill

" [On recognizing China] But if you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them. For instance, we all recognize the right honourable gentleman the member for Ebbw Vale. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

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