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Winston Churchill

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Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. His leadership and stirring oratory rallied the British people during their darkest hours. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his mastery of historical and biographical description.

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”

— Winston Churchill

Change

All Quotes by Winston Churchill

“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”

— Winston Churchill

Good

“My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.”

— Winston Churchill

Life

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

— Winston Churchill

Failure

“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”

— Winston Churchill

Truth

“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.”

— Winston Churchill

Business

“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”

— Winston Churchill

Time

“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”

— Winston Churchill

Diet

“The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.”

— Winston Churchill

Great

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”

— Winston Churchill

Freedom

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”

— Winston Churchill

Life

“I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.”

— Winston Churchill

Great

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”

— Winston Churchill

Learning

“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.”

— Winston Churchill

Morning

“For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.”

— Winston Churchill

Good

“If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.”

— Winston Churchill

Politics

“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”

— Winston Churchill

Smile

“Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.”

— Winston Churchill

Politics

“Politics is 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.”

— Winston Churchill

Politics

“Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.”

— Winston Churchill

Time

“We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”

— Winston Churchill

Truth