Winston Churchill quotes - page 25

No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time; but there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, continuously rule, and that public opinion, expressed by all constitutional means, should shape, guide, and control the actions of Ministers who are their servants and not their masters. (Winston Churchill)
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice. View quote
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We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years. View quote
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It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging. View quote
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Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. View quote
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Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip. View quote
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You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. View quote
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This is a War of the Unknown Warrior. View quote
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I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. View quote
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Of course I'm an egoist. Where do you get if you aren't? View quote
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Unless Germany is beaten in a manner which leaves no room for doubt or dispute, unless she is convinced by the terrible logic of events that the glory of her people can never be achieved by violent means, unless her war-making capacity after the war is sensibly diminished, a renewal of the conflict, after an uneasy and malevolent truce, seems unavoidable. (Winston Churchill)
The salvation of the common people of every race and of every land from war or servitude. View quote
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The new fire is laid, but the particular kind of match is missing. View quote
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It is an extraordinary event, a monstrous event, an event which stands in singular and sinister isolation. View quote
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How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will! View quote
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Mr. Gandhi has gone very high in my esteem since he stood up for the untouchables. View quote
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The crowd was unarmed, except with bludgeons. It was not attacking anybody or anything. It was holding a seditious meeting. When fire had been opened upon it to disperse it, it tried to run away. Pinned up in a narrow place considerably smaller than Trafalgar Square, with hardly any exits, and packed together so that one bullet would drive through three or four bodies, the people ran madly this way and the other. When the fire was directed upon the centre, they ran to the sides. The fire was then directed to the sides. Many threw themselves down on the ground, and the fire was then directed on the ground. This was continued for 8 or 10 minutes ... View quote
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You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. View quote
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The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country. View quote
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Enterprises must be prepared, with specially-trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down these coasts, first of all on the "butcher and bolt" policy. View quote
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It is easy for an individual to move through those insensible gradations from left to right, but the act of crossing the Floor is one which requires serious attention. I am well informed on this matter for I have accomplished that difficult process, not only once, but twice. (Winston Churchill)
I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. View quote
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If the result is inconclusive, the conflict will be renewed after an uneasy interval. View quote
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People say we ought not to allow ourselves to be drawn into a theoretical antagonism between Nazidom and democracy; but the antagonism is here now. View quote
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The true characteristic of all British strategy lies in the use of amphibious power. View quote
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