Winston Churchill Quotes

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Winston Churchill

Profession : Statesman

Birth : November 30, 1874

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

Winston Churchill

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

Winston Churchill

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

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I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

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I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

Winston Churchill

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

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Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.

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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

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It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

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When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.

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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

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We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.

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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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These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

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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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No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

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I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

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We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

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

Winston Churchill