Top 25 Quotes by Winston Churchill of 1272 - Page 40

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Wise, War, Winning

Winston Churchill (1986). “Closing the Ring”, p.200, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

Winston Churchill

Art, Writing, Past

Speech in House of Commons, 23 Jan. 1948

Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care ... We should not be wiped out. Our history would not come to an end ... Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to a powder. All the rest was merely the proper application of overwhelming force.

Winston Churchill

Fashion, War, Fate

...the high roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time but for a century to come.

Winston Churchill

War, Cold, Century

The Sinews of Peace, delivered 5 March 1946 Westminster College, Fulton Missouri

English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform.

Winston Churchill

Inheritance, Literature, Treasure

To try to be safe everywhere is to be strong nowhere.

Winston Churchill

Strong, Trying, Safe

Winston Churchill (1986). “The Hinge of Fate”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Times is speechless, and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.

Winston Churchill

Three, Speechless, Columns

Winston Churchill (1973). “Liberalism and the Social Problem”, Haskell House

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.

Winston Churchill

Leadership, Character, Men

Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman.

Winston Churchill

Mean, Doors, Democracy

The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.

Winston Churchill

Queens, Winning, Battle

"Churchill v Toynbee" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. November 23, 2006.

One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

Winston Churchill

Friendship, Dog, Eye

Watch your thoughts, they become your words.

Winston Churchill

Watches

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century

Winston Churchill

Eras, Century, Ends

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

My conclusion on Freewill and predestination- they are identical.

Winston Churchill

Conclusion, Identical, Predestination

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Winston Churchill

War, Poison, Use

There's no such thing as a good tax.

Winston Churchill

Taxes Funny, Income Tax, Tax Day

If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies, choking in his own blood upon the ground.

Winston Churchill

Determination, Lying, Islands

"God & Churchill: An Interview with Jonathan Sandys and Wallace Henley". www.biblegateway.com. October 7, 2015.

An iron curtain has descended over Europe.

Winston Churchill

Europe, Iron, Curtains

Don't give your son money. As far as you can afford it, give him horses.

Winston Churchill

Horse, Son, Giving

Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future.

Winston Churchill

Accountability, Political, Politics

The Sinews of Peace, delivered 5 March 1946 Westminster College, Fulton Missouri

Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were well-disposed, 'put up a show' some day.

Winston Churchill

Might, Action, Shows

Sir Winston Churchill (1951). “A Roving Commission”

Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible.

Winston Churchill

Death, Journey, Sorrow