Winston Churchill Quotes

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Winston Churchill

Hell, Devil, House

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
Winston Churchill

Words, Unsaid, Slaves

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Winston Churchill

Hold, Room, Monkey

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
Winston Churchill

Fire, Country, Advice

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
Winston Churchill

Time, Comfort, Dare

History is written by the victors.
Winston Churchill

History, Written, Victors

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
Winston Churchill

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, Destiny, Far

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Winston Churchill

Path, Stand, Quite

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

Important, Honest, Fine

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
Winston Churchill

History, Study, 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

Politics, War, Once

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Winston Churchill

Truth, Nothing, Off

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Winston Churchill

Less, Won, General

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill

Time, Truth, Himself

'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.
Winston Churchill

Again, Expression, Using

I never worry about action, but only inaction.
Winston Churchill

Worry, Action, Inaction

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
Winston Churchill

Thinking, Become, Planning

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.
Winston Churchill

History, Past, Write

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

Learn, Ready, Taught

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Winston Churchill

Opinion, Public, Published

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, Diet, Words

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

Old, Left, Plans

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
Winston Churchill

Forget, Against, Until

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

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Statesman

Born: November 30, 1874

Died: January 24, 1965

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