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I thought of a remark . . . that the United States is like a 'gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it there is no limit to the power it can generate.' Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation,

I thought of a remark . . . that the United States is like a 'gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it there is no limit to the power it can generate.' Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful.

Winston Churchill
Sleep, Fire, Bed
Sir Winston Churchill (1950). “The Grand Alliance”, p.540, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant; unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true.

Winston Churchill
Attributes, Relevant

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.

Winston Churchill
Beautiful, Voice, Southern

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

Winston Churchill
Coveting, Nations
Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.363, Da Capo Press

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

Winston Churchill
Time, Military, Oats

The test of a people is what they can do when they're tired.

Winston Churchill
Tired, People, Tests

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Life, Wise
Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

Success in life is the ability to move from one mistake to another without loosing enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill
Mistake, Moving, Enthusiasm

Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

Winston Churchill
Men, Library, Leisure
Winston Churchill (1965). “A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill”

Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.

Winston Churchill
Success, Courage, Failure

No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp or violently worded expressions of public discontent. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanly directed in the first instance.

Winston Churchill
Country, Fall, Socialist Government
Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.478, Da Capo Press

You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it is they who made it famous.

Winston Churchill
Jerusalem, Made, Jew
"The Zen of Living and Dying: A Practical and Spiritual Guide".

Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.

Winston Churchill
Courage, Virtue, Loses

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

Winston Churchill
Decision, Genius, Information

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

Winston Churchill
Funny, Army, British Navy
In Sir Peter Gretton Former Naval Person (1968) ch. 1

No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.

Winston Churchill
Muslim Faith, Islam, Stronger
"The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan (Volume II)". Book by Winston Churchill, 1899.

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

Winston Churchill
Courage, Moving, Eye

When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.

Winston Churchill
Inspiring, Humorous, Want

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Positive, Badass

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

Winston Churchill
Funny, Beauty, Sarcastic

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Winston Churchill
Motivational, Sarcastic, Humorous

The United Nations was set up not to get us to heaven, but only to save us from hell.

Winston Churchill
Heaven, Hell, United Nations

This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

Winston Churchill
Pedants, Type, Prepositions
Wall Street Journal, December 9, 1948.

I am in favor of deliberately spreading methodically prepared bacteria among people and animals -- mildew ... to destroy the harvests, anthrax to destroy horses and livestock, and the plague, in order to kill not only entire armies, but also the inhabitants of large regions.

Winston Churchill
Horse, Army, Animal

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