Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Quotes

• When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

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

• We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weeaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

• There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

• We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

• There are a lot of lies going around...and half of them are true.

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

• Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

• In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

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

• There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

• This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

• We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

• Truth is incontrovertible, ignorance can deride it, panic may resent it, malice may destroy it, but there it is.

• Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

• I think 'no comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

• There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

• The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals.

• Arise and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.

• A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.