Winston Churchill Quotes - Page 4

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

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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, Some, Private

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

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce. Winston Churchill

Race, Going, Bounce

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

Words, Old, Speaking

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. Winston Churchill

War, Prisoner, Tries

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, Although

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, Which, Sentence

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

Read, A Good Thing, Books

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. Winston Churchill

Government, Been, Tried

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, Law, Regulations

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, Play, Afford

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

Destiny, Mistake, Chain

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

Away, Half, Reduce

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, I Believe That, Worms

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

Nothing, Costs, Polite

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. Winston Churchill

Nothing, Over, Stumble

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill

Always, Personally, Although

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. - Winston Churchill

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. Winston Churchill

Receive, Give, Agreeable

Eating words has never given me indigestion. - Winston Churchill

Eating words has never given me indigestion. Winston Churchill

Never, Given, Indigestion

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old. Winston Churchill

New, Saving, Energies

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. - Winston Churchill

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. Winston Churchill

War, Blunders, Mainly

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

Politics, Over, Going

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

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

Some, Longer, His

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

Ask, Show, Shall

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

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

Man, Like, Fights

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