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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Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.

Winston Churchill

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.

Winston Churchill

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

Winston Churchill

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

Winston Churchill

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Winston Churchill

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Winston Churchill

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