It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Men and kings must be judged in the testing moments of their lives. Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Nobody ever launched an attack without having misgivings beforehand, You ought to have misgivings before; but when the moment of action is come, the hour of misgivings is passed. It is often not possible to go backward from a course which has been adopted in war. A man must answer "Aye" or "No" to the great questions which are put,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
The most dangerous moment of the War, and the one which caused me the greatest alarm, was when the Japanese Fleet was… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed in the world. It accords no political rights. It rules by terror. It punishes political opinions. It suppresses free speech. It tolerates no newspapers but its own. It persecutes Christianity with a zeal and a… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Chinese said of themselves several thousand years ago: China is a sea that salts all the waters that flow into it.… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We do not war with races primarily as such. Tyranny is our foe. Whatever trapping or disguise it wears, whatever language it speaks, be it external or internal, we must for ever be on our guard, ever mobilized, ever vigilant, always ready to spring at its throat. In all this we march together. Not only do we march and strive… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
