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If tonight our people were asked to cast their vote whether a convention should be entered into to stop the bombing of cities, the overwhelming majority would cry, We will mete out to them [the Germans] the measure, and

If tonight our people were asked to cast their vote whether a convention should be entered into to stop the bombing of cities, the overwhelming majority would cry, "We will mete out to them [the Germans] the measure, and more than the measure, that they have meted out to us... We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst - and we will do our best."

Winston Churchill
Wicked, Action, Gang
"You Do Your Worst - And We Will Do Our Best". Winston Churchill's speech, winstonchurchill.org. July 14, 1941.

We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation standing up before all the world; for such a nation, rising in its ancient vigour, can even at this hour save civilization.

Winston Churchill
Civilization, People, Rising
Anthony Eden, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill (1938*). “The Austrian Crisis and British Foreign Policy: Speeches by Anthony Eden, Neville Chamberlain, and Winston Churchill”

I myself find waiting more tiring than action.

Winston Churchill
Waiting, Action, Tire

For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

Winston Churchill
Air, Flesh, Bullets
Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".

Winston Churchill
Adventure, Men, May

I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.

Winston Churchill
Done, Want, Action

Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.

Winston Churchill
Sweet, Adversity, Hazards
Winston Churchill (2013). “London to Ladysmith & Ian Hamilton's March”, p.152, Courier Corporation

It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Looks, Lines
Winston Churchill (1949). “The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches”

You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring.

Winston Churchill
Running, War, Adversity
Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945”

God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Too Late, Know How
Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert (1993). “The Churchill War Papers: At the Admiralty, September 1939-May 1940”, William Heinemann

I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Drunk, Gutters

Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Looks, Path
Winston Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.141, A&C Black

I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.

Winston Churchill
Horse, Adversity, Fire
Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Issues, Doubt

Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Trends, Horrible

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Thinking, Weakness
Winston Churchill (1951). “War speeches”

I'm bored with it all. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.

Winston Churchill
Boredom, Slipping, Coma

Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?

Winston Churchill
Stress, Years, Storm

This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid office.

Winston Churchill
Father, Ambition, Office

... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the army, as well as affording me exercise and amusement.

Winston Churchill
Ambition, Exercise, Army

The rhinoceros stood ... about five hundred yards away ... not a twentieth-century animal at all, but an odd, grim straggler from the Stone Age.

Winston Churchill
Animal, Age, Yards

I expect you will find that change is the best kind of rest.

Winston Churchill
Change, Kind
Winston Churchill (1986). “The Gathering Storm”, p.471, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unless some effective world supergovernment for the purpose of preventing war can be set up ... the prospects for peace and human progress are dark ....If .... it is found possible to build a world organization of irresistible force and inviolable authority for the purpose of securing peace, there are no limits to the blessings which all men enjoy and share.

Winston Churchill
War, Dark, Blessing

Don't be content to be the chip off the old block - be the old block itself.

Winston Churchill
Wisdom, Block, Chips

The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.

Winston Churchill
Fit, Infinite, Almighty
Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

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