Winston Churchill quotes

“The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better. ”

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

“If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.”

— Winston Churchill

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ”

— Winston Churchill

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

— 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

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. ”

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ”

— Winston Churchill

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”

— Winston Churchill

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. ”

— 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.”

— Winston Churchill

“Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old. ”

— Winston Churchill

“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

“A joke is a very serious thing.”

— Winston Churchill

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. ”

— Winston Churchill

“I like a man who grins when he fights. ”

— Winston Churchill

“There is no such thing as a good tax.”

— Winston Churchill

“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. ”

— Winston Churchill

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.”

— Winston Churchill

“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”

— Winston Churchill

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

— Winston Churchill

“
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
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— Winston Churchill

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”

— Winston Churchill

“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”

— Winston Churchill

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