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More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid by the English taxpayers. We are entitled to mention these facts, and to draw authority and

More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid by the English taxpayers. We are entitled to mention these facts, and to draw authority and courage from them.

Winston Churchill
War, Facts, Taxation
Sir Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.84, A&C Black

Nothing is won without enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill
Enthusiasm

...Have the stresses of war been as bad to you personally as carrying through the policy of Collective Farms?

Winston Churchill
War, Stress, Ukraine

England has been offered a choice between war and shame. She has chosen shame and will get war.

Winston Churchill
War, Choices, England

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.

Winston Churchill
Military, Firsts, Prime

A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted.

Winston Churchill
Leisure
Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.48, RosettaBooks

Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.

Winston Churchill
Eye, Effort, Joy

Like a sea-beast fished up from the depths, or a diver too suddenly hoisted, my veins threatened to burst from the fall in pressure. I had great anxiety and no means of relieving it ... And then it was that the Muse of Painting came to my rescue - out of charity and out of chivalry ... - and said, "Are these toys any good to you? They amuse some people."

Winston Churchill
Fall, Mean, Sea
Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.140, Da Capo Press

I feel devoutly thankful to have been born fond of writing.

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

The Golcondas were considered incomparably the best team in Southern India ... [But] we defeated [them] by 9 goals to 3. On succeeding days we made short work of all other opponents, and established the record, never since broken, of winning a first-class tournament within fifty days of landing in India.

Winston Churchill
Team, Winning, Class

I am writing in one of the Keepers' Lodges to wh I have returned after stalking & where I am waiting for the Prince of Wales. Quite the best day's sport I have had in this country - 4 good stags & home early!

Winston Churchill
Sports, Country, Home

I built with my own hands ... a large swimming-pool which was filtered to limpidity and could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine.

Winston Churchill
Sunshine, Swimming, Hands
Winston Churchill (1986). “The Gathering Storm”, p.72, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.

Winston Churchill
War, Mean, Winning
Winston Churchill (1986). “Their Finest Hour”, p.405, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

Winston Churchill
War, Winning, Years
Winston Churchill (1948). “The Second World War: The Gathering storm”

The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.

Winston Churchill
War, World, Boat
Winston Churchill (1986). “Their Finest Hour”, p.529, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time.

Winston Churchill
Leadership, Destiny, Space
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”

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble.

Winston Churchill
Leadership, Believe, Winning
Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth.

Winston Churchill
Leadership, Rip, Way
Sir Winston Churchill (1950). “The Grand Alliance”, p.35, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gentleman, I am hardening on this enterprise. I repeat, I am now hardening towards this enterprise.

Winston Churchill
Adversity, Gentleman, Enterprise

We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.

Winston Churchill
Inspirational, Flags, Goes On
"We Shall Fight on the Beaches". Winston Churchill's speech to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, winstonchurchill.org. June 4, 1940.

Danger, if met head on, can be nearly halved

Winston Churchill
Self Defense, Danger, Mets

Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.

Winston Churchill
Philosophy, Giving, Causes

Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.

Winston Churchill
Blood, Fields, Shed
Sir Winston Churchill (1951). “The world crisis”

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.

Winston Churchill
Children, Father, Believe
'Masters of Our Fate' Speech to Joint Session of the U.S. Congress, delivered 26 December 1941, Washington, D.C.

Dead birds don't fall out of their nests.

Winston Churchill
Funny, Fall, Humor

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