We shall fight in parking lots, we shall fight in empty fields and on wide streets, we shall never surrender.
Winston ChurchillWhat is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.
Winston ChurchillI think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.
Winston ChurchillThose who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.
Winston Churchill...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed forward, then soaked forward, and finally stopped altogether until another bucket could be brought.
Winston ChurchillIt is not open to the cool bystander . . . to set himself up as an impartial judge of events which would never have occurred had he outstretched a helping hand in time.
Winston ChurchillI liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.
Winston ChurchillWe make our buildings and afterwards they make us. They regulate the course of our lives.
Winston ChurchillThe game of life does not proceed like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes they make five, or minus four, and sometimes the blackboard topples over in the middle of the sum and the pedagogue is left with a black eye.
Winston ChurchillThus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State, which henceforth I wielded in ever-growing measure for five years and three months of world war, at the end of which time, all our enemies having surrendered unconditionally or being about to do so, I was immediately dismissed by the British electorate from all further conduct of their affairs.
Winston ChurchillUnless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are dark and doubtful.
Winston ChurchillAs long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.
Winston ChurchillNo compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.
Winston ChurchillYou haven't learned life's lesson very well if you haven't noticed that you can give the tone or colour, or decide the reaction you want of people in advance. It's unbelievable simply. If you want them to take an interest in you, take an interest in them first. If you want to make them nervous, become nervous yourself...It's as simple as that. People will treat you as you treat them. It's no secret. Look about you. You can prove it with the next person you meet.
Winston ChurchillElderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth.
Winston ChurchillWe would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.
Winston ChurchillThere is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.
Winston ChurchillBefore America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose
Winston ChurchillI am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away.
Winston ChurchillOne time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some kind of velvety cool blackness," adding then: "Of course, I admit I may be wrong. It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest."
Winston ChurchillSoviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and the key is Russian nationalism.
Winston ChurchillAir power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms.
Winston ChurchillContinuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston ChurchillIt is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.
Winston ChurchillI do not apologize for the takeover of the region by the Jews from the Palestinians in the same way I don't apologize for the takeover of America by the whites from the Red Indians or the takeover of Australia from the blacks. It is natural for a superior race to dominate an inferior one.
Winston ChurchillPower will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre & men of straw. They will have sweet tongues & silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power & India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air & water would be taxed in India.
Winston Churchill"I hope, sir, that I will shoot your picture on your hundredth birthday." I don't see why not, young man. You look reasonably fit and healthy.
Winston ChurchillThe opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you
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