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Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Winston Churchill
War, Politics, Dangerous

As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Winston Churchill
Winning, Long, Victory

I'm too busy. I have no time for worry.

Winston Churchill
Worry, Busy, Too Busy

He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

Winston Churchill
Religion, Smallest, Amount
Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

Most of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well.

Winston Churchill
People, Done, World

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Success, Leadership
Winston Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.292, A&C Black

I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

Winston Churchill
Time, Lost Love, Future
"Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: The Speeches of Winston Churchill".

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

Winston Churchill
Military, Giving, Roaring

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Winston Churchill
Leadership, Dictator, Socialism
Letter, 11 Nov. 1937, in Step by Step (1939) p. 186. Cf. the proverb "He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount" (see Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs under rides)

When we run out of money, we have to start thinking.

Winston Churchill
Running, Thinking

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper-no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of the point.

Winston Churchill
Men, Voting, Democracy
Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.457, Da Capo Press

The Aryan stock is bound to triumph.

Winston Churchill
Triumph, Politics, Bounds
"WSC: A Midnight Interview". Winston Churchill's speech and interview at the University of Michigan, winstonchurchill.org. 1902.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Winston Churchill
Hypocrisy, Risk, Crime

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

Winston Churchill
Funny, Leadership, Education
Sir Winston Churchill (1966). “Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit”

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

Winston Churchill
Drinking, Scotch, Water
Sir Winston Churchill (1965). “The Churchill Wit”

An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill
Positive, Happiness, Success
"Adventurous America: A Study of Contemporary Life and Thought". Book by Edwin Mims, 1929.

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing.

Winston Churchill
Serious Things, World, Belief
Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

Winston Churchill
Funny, True Friend, Lying
Sir Winston Churchill (1995). “The Proverbial Winston S. Churchill: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Sir Winston Churchill”

When I'm in office I always keep Members of Parliament talking. If they stopped they might start thinking.

Winston Churchill
Thinking, Talking, Office

You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.

Winston Churchill
Ambition, Mouths, Lions
Winston Churchill (2013). “London to Ladysmith & Ian Hamilton's March”, p.175, Courier Corporation

When told by a helpful aide that his flies were undone he replied 'Young man, there is no harm in leaving the cage door open if the bird is dead!

Winston Churchill
Men, Doors, Bird

History is written by the victors.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Humorous, Winning
Edmund Murray, Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert (1995). “Proceedings of the International Churchill Societies 1992-1993”, Churchill Center

The true guide of life is to do what is right.

Winston Churchill
Life Is, Guides
Winston Churchill (1953). “Stemming the Tide: Speeches 1951 and 1952. Edited by Randolph S. Churchill”

When someone says to me, Ugh, you smoke. I reply, Ugh, you're ugly. I can quit smoking.

Winston Churchill
Smoking, Ugh, Ugly

Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

Winston Churchill
Principles, Suits, Circumstances
Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

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