Winston Churchill Quotes - Page 4

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

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If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. - Winston Churchill

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. Winston Churchill

Politics, Respect, Law, You, Destroy

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. Winston Churchill

Time, Mistake, Look, Destiny, Only, Far

I am easily satisfied with the very best. - Winston Churchill

I am easily satisfied with the very best. Winston Churchill

Best, I Am, Satisfied, Very, Am, Easily

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill

Courage, Quality, Human, Others, First

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. - Winston Churchill

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. Winston Churchill

War, Blunders, Catalogue, Mainly

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. Winston Churchill

Day, Slow, Single, Build, Years, Destroy

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. Winston Churchill

Myself, War, Politics, I Am, Painting

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. Winston Churchill

Sorry, Poor, Pretend, Brilliant, Cannot

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. Winston Churchill

Fear, Sometimes, Meaning, Sense, Writer

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

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

Martyrdom, Postponed, Prepared, Although

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. Winston Churchill

Victory, Problems, Difficult, Defeat

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

War, Truth, Truth Is, She, Always, Lies

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, Dangerous, Only

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, People, Bad, Nation, Unique

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, Nation, Race, Roar

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop. Winston Churchill

Wife, Together, Breakfast, Stop, Three

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

War, Politics, Poison, Like, May, Gas

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. Winston Churchill

World, True, Worst, Half, Going, Lies

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, You, Conquer, Only, Sure

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history. Winston Churchill

Simple, History, Thinking, Action, Want

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. - Winston Churchill

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. Winston Churchill

Future, Wise, Look, You, Difficult, See

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

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. - Winston Churchill

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. Winston Churchill

Game, You, Lose, Play, Learn, Will

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, Year, Next, Ability, Why

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. Winston Churchill

Communication, Time, You, Back, Try

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Winston Churchill

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Winston Churchill

Change, Mind, His, Who, Subject, Fanatic

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