"Thus, then, on the night of the tenth……" — Winston Churchill
"Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State, which henceforth I wielded in ever-growing measure for five years and three months of world war, at the end of which time, all our enemies having surrendered unconditionally or being about to do so, I was immediately dismissed by the British electorate from all further conduct of their affairs."
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Winston Churchill
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1,057 Quotes by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill has 1,057 quotes on this site.
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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the…
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
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The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and…
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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
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Never, never, never give up.
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The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly…
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I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.
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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to…
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Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired…
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Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to…
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