Quotes by Winston Churchill

About Winston Churchill:

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.
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Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

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You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

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Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

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If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

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We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Winston Churchill

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

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'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

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A politician needs 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.

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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

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I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

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Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

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What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

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If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.

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Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

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Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

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I never worry about action, but only inaction.

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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Winston Churchill

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.

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We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

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The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

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If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

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Author Bio

  • NameWinston Churchill
  • DescriptionPrime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II
  • AliasesSir Winston Churchill; Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; The Honourable Sir Winston Spencer Churchill; Colonel Warden
  • BornNovember 30, 1874
  • DiedJanuary 24, 1965
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Journalist; Painter; Historian; Autobiographer
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Companion Of The Liberation; Fellow Of The Royal Society; Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Oak Crown; Honorary Citizen Of The United States; Order Of The White Lion; Charlemagne Prize; ; Order Of St. Olav; Freedom Award