Winston Churchill quotes - page 2

There is no such thing as a good tax. (Winston Churchill)
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. View quote
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Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. View quote
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We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. View quote
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. View quote
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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! View quote
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If you are going through hell, keep going. View quote
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We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. View quote
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A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. View quote
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The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. View quote
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When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. (Winston Churchill)
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future. View quote
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It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. View quote
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From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. View quote
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My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best. View quote
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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. View quote
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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. View quote
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When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened. View quote
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I never worry about action, but only about inaction. View quote
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It is better to be making the news than taking it. View quote
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The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. (Winston Churchill)
All I want is compliance with my wishes, after reasonable discussion. View quote
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For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else. View quote
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. View quote
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I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. View quote
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