Politics Quotes by Winston Churchill · Page 2

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some…

— Winston Churchill

We need to be strong in order to avoid war; and to win. A politician looks forward only to the next election.…

— Winston Churchill

Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home

— Winston Churchill

A world united is better than a world divided, but a world divided is better than a world destroyed.

— Winston Churchill

“Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times.”

— Winston Churchill

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

— Winston Churchill

Champagne is the wine of civilization and the oil of government.

— Winston Churchill

We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the…

— Winston Churchill

Victory will never be found by taking the path of least resistance.

— Winston Churchill

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

— Winston Churchill

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their…

— Winston Churchill

The government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war too.

— Winston Churchill

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

— Winston Churchill

Nowadays we are assailed by a chorus of horrid threats. The Nazi government exudes through every neutral state inside information about the…

— Winston Churchill

I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I…

— Winston Churchill

“Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”

— Winston Churchill

Lots of folks are forced to skimp to support a government that won't.

— Winston Churchill

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

— Winston Churchill

You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.

— Winston Churchill

The Aryan stock is bound to triumph.

— Winston Churchill

Hatred plays the same part in government as acid in chemistry.

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.

— Winston Churchill

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.

— Winston Churchill

When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task…

— Winston Churchill