--- title: "10 Five Quotes By Winston Churchill" description: "10 Five quotes by Winston Churchill. Plus more from Winston Churchill and more Five sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/winston-churchill-95_cease_don-t-mind-the-five-or-more-million-germ_2830892.jpg" --- > [Don't mind the five or more million Germans. Stalin will see to them they will cease to exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/don-t-mind-the-five-or-more-million-germans-stalin-will-see-to-them/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/winston-churchill-95_cease_don-t-mind-the-five-or-more-million-germ_2830892.jpg) > [If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/if-you-want-a-good-argument-against-democracy-spend-five-minutes-with/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/winston-churchill-95_argument_if-you-want-a-good-argument-against-demo_941157.jpg) > [The rhinoceros stood ... about five hundred yards away ... not a twentieth-century animal at all, but an odd, grim straggler from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-rhinoceros-stood-about-five-hundred-yards-away-not-a-twentieth/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/winston-churchill-95_age_the-rhinoceros-stood-about-five-hundred_1568557.jpg) > [I do not see any other way of realizing our hopes about World Organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-do-not-see-any-other-way-of-realizing-our-hopes-about-world/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/winston-churchill-95_almighty_i-do-not-see-any-other-way-of-realizing_815300.jpg) > [Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/little-did-we-guess-that-what-has-been-called-the-century-of-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/winston-churchill-95_centuries_little-did-we-guess-that-what-has-been-c_273712.jpg) > [An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/an-extra-yawn-one-morning-in-the-springtime-an-extra-snooze-one-night/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/winston-churchill-95_april_an-extra-yawn-one-morning-in-the-springt_1006447.jpg) > [Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/now-at-last-the-slowly-gathered-long-pent-up-fury-of-the-storm-broke/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/winston-churchill-95_broke_now-at-last-the-slowly-gathered-long-pen_1972701.jpg) > [Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/thus-then-on-the-night-of-the-tenth-of-may-at-the-outset-of-this/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/winston-churchill-95_affair_thus-then-on-the-night-of-the-tenth-of-m_1692386.jpg) > [Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/churchill-madam-would-you-sleep-with-me-for-five-million-pounds/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/winston-churchill-95_courses_churchill-madam-would-you-sleep-with-me_2179061.jpg) > [The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-enemy-is-still-proud-and-powerful-he-is-hard-to-get-at-he-still/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/winston-churchill-95_arise_the-enemy-is-still-proud-and-powerful-he_1231868.jpg) ## Other authors on Five ## 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/five/winston-churchill/#itemlist", "name": "10 Five Quotes By Winston Churchill", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't mind the five or more million Germans. 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