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Famous Winston Churchill Quotes
“Beware of driving men to desperation. Even a cornered rat is dangerous.”
Source: Churchill: The Power of Words
Source: Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Source: Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948
“To try to be safe everywhere is to be strong nowhere.”
Source: The Hinge of Fate
“Never flinch, never weary, never despair.”
Source: Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches
“Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.”
Source: Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948
Source: The Churchill War Papers: At the Admiralty, September 1939-May 1940
“There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.”
Source: Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait
“The person of truth must be covered with bodyguards of lies.”
“Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.”
“Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.”
Source: The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill
“We make our buildings and afterwards they make us. They regulate the course of our lives.”
Source: A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill
Source: Churchill: The Power of Words
Source: War speeches
Source: Triumph and Tragedy
“Most of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well.”
Source: Stemming the Tide: Speeches 1951 and 1952. Edited by Randolph S. Churchill
“Courage is the greatest virtue because it guarantees all the rest.”
“Men often stumble onto the truth but then quickly dust themselves off and hurry away.”
Source: A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill
“It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word.”
Source: If I lived my life again
“We Shall come through! We cannot tell when, we cannot tell how, but we shall come through.”
Source: The Churchill War Papers: The Ever-Widening War 1941
“It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them.”
Source: Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait
“It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.”
Source: The Churchill War Papers: The Ever-Widening War 1941
“There is no purpose in living where there is nothing to do.”
“It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.”
Source: Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
“Let us set up a standard around which the brave and the loyal can rally.”
Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
“Peace will not be preserved by pious sentiments.”
Source: Churchill: The Power of Words
Source: The Yankee Marlborough
“[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.”
Source: The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill