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Famous Winston Churchill Quotes
“Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.”
“Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.”
“Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.”
Source: The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
“Success and happiness spring from facing failure after failure with enthusiasm.”
“I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.”
“If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself.”
Source: War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943
“Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them.”
“When a new book appears one should read an old one.”
Source: The Proverbial Winston S. Churchill: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Sir Winston Churchill
“If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.”
Source: The World Crisis, 1911-1918
“We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.”
“Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.”
“Mr. Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work.”
Source: The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
“After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.”
“Quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.”
Source: The Unwritten Alliance: Speeches 1953 to 1959
“Americans always do the right thing, once they have exhausted all other possibilities.”
“Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.”
“Expert knowledge is limited knowledge”
Source: The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches
“Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.”
“Only changes in mindsets can extend the frontiers of the possible.”
“But who in war will not have his laugh amid the skulls?”
Source: Closing the Ring
Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
Source: If I lived my life again
“Air power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms.”
Source: The Gathering Storm
“Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone.”
“An American diplomat is sometimes like a bull who carries his own china shop around with him.”
“When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.”
“The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.”
Source: Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit
“There is a treasure in the heart of every man if you can only find it”
“The opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you”
Source: The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches