Statesman · English · 1874 – 1965 · 169 quotes
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
Winston Churchill
Statesman · English · 1874 – 1965
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.
My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.
I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.
There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
