Quotessence
Home / Authors / Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Quotes

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Filter quotes by topic

AllWarMenIfsWorldMayPeoplePoliticsMilitaryShouldInspirationalPoliticalGivingHas BeensWar Of The WorldsFirstsYearsNationsHumorousLeadershipLong

Famous Winston Churchill Quotes

“What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks to place the native on a level with the white man ... the Kaffir is to be declared the brother of the European, to be constituted his legal equal, to be armed with political rights.”

MenPoliticalWhiteLevelsRightsMovementBrotherEqualRootsHatredOriginalsBritishNativeWhite ManAbidingDutchAversionPolitical RightsBritish Rule
Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words
Create image

“I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.”

MenWantFirstsYoungSciencePoliticalPoliticsWishLearningBabyLessonsMembersDiedRateProofMinistersYoung ManStatisticsMortalityPrimeFewerPrime MinisterInfantParliamentMembers Of ParliamentInfant Mortality
Author:Winston Churchill
Create image

“Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood and deny them truth for many generations of time. But the soul of man thus held in trance or frozen in a long night can be awakened by a spark coming from God knows where and in a moment the whole structure of lies and oppression is on trial for its life.”

KnowsMenLifeMindMayLongSoulWholeMomentsActionLawPoliticalLyingNightReligiousGenerationsStructureDenyTrialsTyrannyOppressionPropagandaSparksFalsehoodPacksUnjustFrozenMachineryGod KnowsAwakenedTranceLong Nights
Book:Churchill: The Power of Words
Create image

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

HumorGovernmentFunnyPoliticalPoliticsFreedomLibertyDemocracyFiveCrazyMinutesTrustCitizensConversationHumorousArgumentVoteElectionDemocraticAverageWittyLibertarianSillySocialismVotingVotersFive MinutesGoverningForms Of GovernmentLimited GovernmentDemocracies HaveBig GovernmentPolitical HumorElitistElection DayLimiting GovernmentLimited FreedomPolitical WillFounding Fathers DemocracyVoting And DemocracyFunny PoliticalLimiting FreedomPoliticians And PoliticsDemocratic CountryElections And VotingTyranny Of The MajorityGovernment And PoliticsGovernment PoliticsPolitics FunnyPower GovernmentPolitical JokesPolitical WisdomVoting DayVoter TurnoutEnglish GovernmentVoter Id
Book:Churchill By Himself
Create image

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”

InspirationalHumorGovernmentPoliticalReligionFreedomVirtueSocietySharePoliticianBlessingEqualCapitalismIndependentMiseryConservativeVicesSocialismIdeologyMinistersGreat MenPatrioticInherentFree GovernmentPrivate EnterprisePolitical IdeologyVice And VirtueGovernment And SocietyFree Market CapitalismWar VictoryAmerican CapitalismCapitalism And Socialism
Book:The Churchill Wit
Create image

“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”

UseSuccessPoliticalPoliticsStrengthSucceedAchievementAmbitionNot Giving UpBadassDoing YouFirst World WarGreatest AchievementBest PerformanceAchievement And SuccessStrategic ManagementSaying And Doing
Book:Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
Create image

“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”

NeedsYearsHappensFunnyPoliticalNextPoliticsAbilityWeekMonthsTomorrowPoliticianHumorousPrime MinisterNext YearNext WeekGoing To WarFunny PoliticalPoliticians And PoliticsPolitics FunnyWar VictoryFunny PoliticianPolitical JokesPolitics And WarForetelling
Author:Winston Churchill
Create image

“When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task has been fulfilled, and that Iraq is an independent sovereign state. But this cannot be said while we are forced year after year to spend very large sums of money on helping the Iraqi government to defend itself and maintain order.”

YearsHas BeensSaidStatesEnoughHelpingGovernmentPoliticalOrderStrongOpinionPositionTasksIndependentIraqFulfilledSovereignStrong EnoughStand Alone
Author:Winston Churchill
Create image

“There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.”

PeopleFacesPoliticalPoliticsMistakeFoolFindingsResponsibleAffairBritishParadiseMisfortunesDeceivedFortitudePerilDwellingResentSwept AwayFalse HopeBeing DeceivedBuoyancy
Book:The Hinge of Fate
Create image

“Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed in the world. It accords no political rights. It rules by terror. It punishes political opinions. It suppresses free speech. It tolerates no newspapers but its own. It persecutes Christianity with a zeal and a cunning never equalled since the times of the Roman Emperors. It is engaged at this moment in trampling down the peoples of Georgia and executing their leaders by hundreds.”

WorldMomentsGovernmentPoliticalLeaderChristianityOpinionRightsWorstSpeechStandardsTerrorNewspapersRussiaTyrannyEngagedJudgedSovietFree SpeechTolerateCunningAccordZealEmperorGeorgiaExecutingPolitical OpinionsPolitical RightsRoman Emperor
Author:Winston Churchill
Create image

“You see these dictators up on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. They're afraid of words and thought. ... They make frantic efforts to bar our thoughts and words. ... A state of society where men may not speak their mind - where children denounce their parents to the police - where a businessman or small shopkeeper ruins his competitor by telling tales about his private opinion. Such a state of society cannot long endure if it is continually in contact with the healthy outside world.”

IfsMenWorldMindMayChildrenLongStatesPoliticalSpeakParentEffortOpinionHealthyPoliceEndureSoldierBarsTalesContactRuinsFree SpeechDictatorOur ThoughtsBusinessmanCompetitorsOutside WorldPedestalFranticBayonetsShopkeepersThoughts And Words
Author:Winston Churchill
Create image