Winston Churchill Quotes

1.3K quotes · Politician, Writer, Historian

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Winston Churchill Quotes

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Winston Churchill

Politician, Writer, Historian

Courageous

“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”

Military Demand

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Winston Churchill

Politician, Writer, Historian

Motivated

“Victory is the beautiful, bright-colored flower. Transport is the stem without which it could never have blossomed.”

Beautiful Flower Victory

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Courageous

“If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.”

Thinking Hands

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Philosophical

“Good and great are seldom in the same man.”

Men Inspiring

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Courageous

“No crime is so great as daring to excel.”

Risk Crime Hypocrisy

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Wise

“It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.”

Inspiring Truth

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Angry

“Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.”

Together Soldier

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Funny

“I am very glad there are quite a number of people born with a gift and a liking for all of this; like great chessplayers who play sixteen games at once blindfold and die quite soon of epilepsy. Serve them right! I hope the Mathematicians, however, are well rewarded. I promise never to blackleg their profession nor take the bread out of their mouths.”

Play Games Epilepsy

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Philosophical

“It is not open to the cool bystander . . . to set himself up as an impartial judge of events which would never have occurred had he outstretched a helping hand in time.”

Hands Time Bystanders

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Philosophical

“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.”

Action Keys Russia

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Spiritual

“Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.”

Thinking Army Church

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Regretful

“Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police.”

Political Politics Police

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