Winston Churchill

Statesman

1874-11-30 – 1965-01-24

Winston Churchill was a British statesman, writer, and prime minister.

Books by Winston Churchill

A history of the English-speaking peoples
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The Crisis
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The inside of the cup
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Quotes by Winston Churchill

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.
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I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
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No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.
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If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.
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Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
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The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
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Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
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We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
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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.
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It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
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We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
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We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
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We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.
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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
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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.
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It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
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You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
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