Winston Churchill Quotes
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, born November 30, 1874, was a British statesman and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, known for his leadership during the Second World War. A lifelong politician and Member of Parliament, he also served in various governmental roles, including First Lord of the Admiralty and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Churchill, a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, was a pivotal figure in 20th-century British politics, famously warning against the rise of fascism and advocating for liberal democracy. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by his leadership during wartime and efforts in post-war reconstruction. He passed away on January 24, 1965, and is celebrated as one of the greatest political leaders in British history.
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Winston Churchill
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
Winston Churchill
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
Winston Churchill
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
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I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
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I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
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.
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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
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My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
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I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
Winston Churchill
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Winston Churchill
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
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War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Winston Churchill
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
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It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
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In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
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The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
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