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Famous Winston Churchill Quotes
“No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.”
“And a pamphlet called Pick me up There is no genuine hatred against Herr Hitler.”
“I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.”
“I must place on record my regret that the human race ever learned to fly.”
“You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.”
“It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.”
“At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.”
“I have always had a curious nature; I enjoy learning, but I dislike being taught.”
“My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.”
“Every garden presents innumerable fascinating problems.”
“Painting is a companion with whom one may walk a great part of life's journey.”
“I do not presume to explain how to paint, but only how to get enjoyment.”
“The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.”
“Men will forgive a man anything except bad prose.”
“There is at least one thing worse than fighting with allies - And that is to fight without them”
“Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses.”
“Atlee is a very modest man. And with reason.”
“Is the only lesson of history to be that mankind is unteachable?”
“When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is.”
“The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs.”
“If you destroy a free market you create a black market.”