--- title: "3 Dark ages Quotes By Winston Churchill" description: "3 Dark ages quotes by Winston Churchill. Plus more from Winston Churchill and more Dark ages sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/winston-churchill-95_abyss_hitler-knows-that-he-will-have-to-break_530210.jpg" --- > [Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/hitler-knows-that-he-will-have-to-break-us-in-this-island-or-lose-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/winston-churchill-95_abyss_hitler-knows-that-he-will-have-to-break_530210.jpg) > [ \[Should Britain fail, then the entire world would\] sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister ... by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/should-britain-fail-then-the-entire-world-would-sink-into-the-abyss/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/winston-churchill-95_abyss_should-britain-fail-then-the-entire-worl_1496534.jpg) > [The Dark Ages may return-the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of Science; and what might now shower immeasureable material…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-dark-ages-may-return-the-stone-age-may-return-on-the-gleaming/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/winston-churchill-95_accounts_the-dark-ages-may-return-the-stone-age-m_2734313.jpg) ## Other authors on Dark ages - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-g-edward-griffin-36549.jpg) G. 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Krebs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-ages/ernst-t-krebs/) ## More by Winston Churchill > [The man who can master his time can master nearly anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-man-who-can-master-his-time-can-master-nearly-anything/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/this-is-no-time-for-ease-and-comfort-it-is-time-to-dare-and-endure/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/if-i-had-been-an-italian-i-am-sure-that-i-should-have-been-whole/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Never, never, never give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-never-never-give-up/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-play-for-high-stakes-and-given-an-audience-there-is-no-act-too/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/man-will-occasionally-stumble-over-the-truth-but-most-times-he-will/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-american-constitution-declares-all-men-are-born-equal-the-british/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/god-alone-knows-how-great-it-is-all-i-hope-is-that-it-is-not-too-late/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/when-you-re-20-you-care-what-everyone-thinks-when-you-re-40-you-stop/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Writing a book is an adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/writing-a-book-is-an-adventure/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/all-men-make-mistakes-but-only-wise-men-learn-from-their-mistakes/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/people-who-are-not-prepared-to-do-unpopular-things-and-defy-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/to-meet-roosevelt-with-all-his-buoyant-sparkle-his-iridescence-was/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-am-always-ready-to-learn-although-i-do-not-always-like-being-taught/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-are-plenty-of-good-ideas-if-only-they-can-be-backed-with-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-ages/winston-churchill/#itemlist", "name": "3 Dark ages Quotes By Winston Churchill", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. 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