“It is a mistake to read too many good books when quite young. A man once told me that he had read all the books that mattered. Cross-questioned, he appeared to have read a great many, but they seemed to… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“Still, it is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in, and to punish with exceptional severity… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“Time after time, history ran over the luddites and romanticists, those who sought to restore the old and delay the new. And every time,… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“Delight in smooth-sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“In the middle of April the Germans took a sombre decision. Ludendorff refers to it with bated breath. ... They transported Lenin in a… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“St Patrick was a Roman Briton of good family dwelling probably in the Severn valley.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps… — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“If you are going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“Occasionally a man stumbles over the truth. Most dust themselves off and continue walking as though nothing had happened.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
