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Winston S. Churchill

(1874–1965) Politician

70 quotes in 109 categories

Winston S. Churchill was a politician.

Quick Facts About Winston S. Churchill

Born: November 30, 1874
Died: January 24, 1965
Profession: Politician

About Winston S. Churchill

[Wikidata] British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)... | [Wikipedia] Winston Churchill, in addition to his careers as a military officer and politician, was a prolific writer under the variant of his full name "Winston S. Churchill". After being commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1895, Churchill gained permission to observe the Cuban War of Independence

Quotes by Winston S. Churchill

“Still, it is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in, and to punish with…

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“Time after time, history ran over the luddites and romanticists, those who sought to restore the old and delay the new. And…

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Change

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“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

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History

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“Delight in smooth-sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the…

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Genuine love

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“You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt…

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Failure

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“In the middle of April the Germans took a sombre decision. Ludendorff refers to it with bated breath. ... They transported Lenin…

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“St Patrick was a Roman Briton of good family dwelling probably in the Severn valley.”

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Family

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“The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.”

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Danger

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“Resposibility is the price of greatness.”

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Responsibility

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“In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of…

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Freedom

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“If you are going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.”

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Compassion

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“This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the…

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Birth

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“Occasionally a man stumbles over the truth. Most dust themselves off and continue walking as though nothing had happened.”

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Truth

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“It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at…

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Destiny

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“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.”

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Military

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“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”

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Democracy

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“Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes.”

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Euphemism

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“I've gotten more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”

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Drinking

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“From time to time the German U-boat commanders have tried their best to behave with humanity. We have seen them give good…

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Time

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“The foundation of the Germanic system was blood and kin.”

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“I saw them before you were born. I came here first in 1900. [Reporter: “Do they look the same?”] Well, the principle…

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Niagara falls

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“This is just the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.”

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Grammar

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“Great Britain will certainly do her utmost to organise a coalition resistance to any act of aggression committed by any Power, and…

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War

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“Safari, so goody.”

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Churchill

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“When York’s son, hitherto Earl of March, learned that his father’s cause had devolved upon him he did not shrink. He fell…

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