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Winston Churchill Quotes - Page 4

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

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We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. - Winston Churchill

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. Winston Churchill

Always, Irish, Odd

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

Eating words has never given me indigestion. - Winston Churchill

Eating words has never given me indigestion. Winston Churchill

Words, Me, Eating

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. Winston Churchill

Business, Horse, Healthy

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator. - Winston Churchill

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator. Winston Churchill

Nation, India, United

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

Good, Man, Uneducated

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

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, Honest, Right

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. - Winston Churchill

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Winston Churchill

Prepared, Martyrdom

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

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

Best, Short, Words

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

War, Politics, Poison

Politics is 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

Week, Politics, Tomorrow

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. Winston Churchill

Respect, Unique, People

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic. Winston Churchill

Great, Inspiration, Land

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. - Winston Churchill

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. Winston Churchill

Better, Always, Than

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm. - Winston Churchill

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm. Winston Churchill

I Am, Believe, I Believe

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. - Winston Churchill

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. Winston Churchill

Best, Short, Words

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. - Winston Churchill

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. Winston Churchill

Man, He, Modest

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. Winston Churchill

War, Politics, You

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. Winston Churchill

Meeting, Opening, First

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging. Winston Churchill

Good, Politics, Waiting

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. - Winston Churchill

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. Winston Churchill

Communication, Risk, Being

The first quality that is needed is audacity. - Winston Churchill

The first quality that is needed is audacity. Winston Churchill

Quality, First, Audacity

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. - Winston Churchill

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill

Ending, Will, Up

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, Nothing, Without

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. - Winston Churchill

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. Winston Churchill

Victory, Defeat, Never

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