Winston Churchill — Philosophical Quotes

156 quotes · Politician, Writer, Historian

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Winston Churchill Quotes

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Winston Churchill

Politician, Writer, Historian

Philosophical

“Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilisation may be carried triumphantly forward.”

Mean Book Education

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Winston Churchill

Politician, Writer, Historian

Philosophical

“Hasty work and premature decisions may lead to penalties out of all proportion to the issues immediately involved.”

Issues Decision Leadership

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Philosophical

“Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government”

Government Military

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Philosophical

“A good party man puts his party above himself and his country above his party.”

Men Country

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Philosophical

“Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone.”

Lying Oil Safety

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Philosophical

“My conclusion on Freewill and predestination- they are identical.”

Conclusion Identical

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Philosophical

“The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering.”

Suffering Christianity

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Philosophical

“A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.”

Men Mind Elbows

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Philosophical

“The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.”

Trying War Leadership

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Philosophical

“No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.”

Matter Military Enemy

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Philosophical

“Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth.”

People Views Elderly

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Philosophical

“The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history.”

Civilization Lost Lessons

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