Winston Churchill Quotes - Page 4

British - Statesman November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965 Read full biography

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The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. - Winston Churchill

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. Winston Churchill

Future, Mind, Empires

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. - Winston Churchill

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. Winston Churchill

Important, Right, Honest, Fine, Very

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it. - Winston Churchill

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it. Winston Churchill

Mercy, Ask, Show, Shall

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. Winston Churchill

Tomorrow, Week, Why, Year, Month, Going

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others. - Winston Churchill

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others. Winston Churchill

Day, Others, Everyone, Days, Last, Some

No crime is so great as daring to excel. - Winston Churchill

No crime is so great as daring to excel. Winston Churchill

Great, Crime, Excel, Daring

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. - Winston Churchill

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. Winston Churchill

Man, You, Nothing, Costs, Polite

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. Winston Churchill

Business, Politics, Game, Earnest

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. - Winston Churchill

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. Winston Churchill

Truth, War, Truth Is, She, Precious

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. Winston Churchill

Better, Place, Always, Policy, Event

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. - Winston Churchill

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill

Life, Result, Nothing, Without, Shot

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. - Winston Churchill

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Winston Churchill

Mystery, Inside, Russia, Riddle, Enigma

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. - Winston Churchill

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. Winston Churchill

Look, You, Forward, See, Farther

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. - Winston Churchill

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. Winston Churchill

Strength, I Am, Conquer, You, Endure, Am

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. Winston Churchill

Life, Words, My Life, Diet, Eat, Always

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. - Winston Churchill

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Winston Churchill

Man, Good, Uneducated, Books, Read

When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst. Winston Churchill

Fear, Future, Look, Dark, Back, Worst

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. - Winston Churchill

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. Winston Churchill

Curse, Bare, Plenty, Stripped

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all. - Winston Churchill

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all. Winston Churchill

Best, Words, Short, Old

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. Winston Churchill

Girl, Speech, You, Difficult, Two, More

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. - Winston Churchill

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Winston Churchill

Nature, Strong, Trees, Grow, Solitary

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Winston Churchill

Run, You, Back, Meet, Try, Never

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. Winston Churchill

Heart, Lion, Luck, Race, Nation, Roar

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. Winston Churchill

Democracy, Prison, Test, Person, Nothing

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. Winston Churchill

War, Peace, Good, Win, Never, Well

I like a man who grins when he fights. - Winston Churchill

I like a man who grins when he fights. Winston Churchill

Man, Like, Who, He, Fights

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