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I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

Winston Churchill
Military, Marine, World

It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze reaches only conclusions which, however seemingly vindicated at a given moment, are inexorably effaced by time.

Winston Churchill
Captains, Mystery, Moments
Winston Churchill (1938). “Marlborough; his life and times”

There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom than in discussing questions of currency and exchange

Winston Churchill
Spheres, Appearance, Currency

Canada is the linchpin of the English-speakin g world

Winston Churchill
World, Canada, Canada Funny

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.

Winston Churchill
Passion, Past, Echoes
Sir Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill (1965). “Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words”

The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom freedom and parliamentary government mean something, to consult together. Let me, then, speak in truth and earnestness while time remains.

Winston Churchill
Mean, Light, Government
Winston Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.160, A&C Black

The Turkish Government began and ruthlessly carried out the infamous massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor. The clearance of the race from Asia Minor was about as complete as such an act, on a scale so great, could well be.

Winston Churchill
Race, Government, Asia
Winston Churchill (1957). “The world crisis”

Everyone has a right to pronounce foreign names as he chooses.

Winston Churchill
Travel, Home, Names
Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

Lots of folks are forced to skimp to support a government that won't.

Winston Churchill
Government, Support, Folks

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.

Winston Churchill
Military, Long, Speech
Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

Never pass up the chance to sit down or go to the bathroom.

Winston Churchill
Chance, Bathroom

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

Winston Churchill
White, Black, Sides
Winston Churchill (1965). “A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill”

In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the danger of enteric fever. Better known as typhoid, the disease is often spread by drinking contaminated water.

Winston Churchill
War, Drinking, Water

It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.

Winston Churchill
Motivation, Positive Thinking, News
Winston Churchill (2010). “The Story of the Malakand Field Force”, p.108, Courier Corporation

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

Winston Churchill
Saint George, Drunk, Apathy

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.

Winston Churchill
Simple, Thinking, Self
Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum

There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in many lands it is the hush of fear. Listen! No, listen carefully, I think I hear somethingyes, there it was quite clear. Dont you hear it? It is the tramp of armies crunching the gravel of the paradegrounds, splashing through rain-soaked fields, the tramp of two million German soldiers and more than a million Italiansgoing on maneuversyes, only on maneuvers!

Winston Churchill
Rain, Army, Thinking
"Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963" by Robert Rhodes James, Vol. 6, p. 6150, 1974.

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.

Winston Churchill
Christmas, Reflection, Rejoice

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.

Winston Churchill
Leadership, Vision, Looks
Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad

Winston Churchill

Time is one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain friends. One may lose and regain money. Opportunity, once spurned, may come again. But the hours that are lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits

Winston Churchill
Opportunity, May, Time Management

Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches.

Winston Churchill
Speech, Whiskey, Whisky

Nature will not be admired by proxy.

Winston Churchill
Nature, Proxy
Winston Churchill (2012). “The Story of the Malakand Field Force”, p.132, Courier Corporation

Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.

Winston Churchill
Drinking, Book, Party
Winston Churchill (1986). “Triumph and Tragedy”, p.613, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose

Winston Churchill
Funny, Golf, Games
Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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