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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British statesman, military leader, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II and again in the early 1950s. He was born on November 30, 1874, in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England to a prominent family. His father, Lord ... show more

quote icon The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish method of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the faith: all know how to die but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.

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quote icon There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon Facts are better than dreams.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon Men and kings must be judged in the testing moments of their lives.

- Winston Churchill

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

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quote icon The price of greatness is responsibility.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon We will fight them on the beaches. ..

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quote icon Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon If you’re not a liberal at twenty, you have no heart; if you’re not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

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quote icon He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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quote icon A politician looks to the next election, and a statesman looks to the next generation.

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quote icon A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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quote icon We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself by the handles.

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quote icon If you are going through hell, keep going.

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quote icon You don’t make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.

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quote icon Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

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quote icon However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

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quote icon Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

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quote icon The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

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quote icon “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

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quote icon There is nothing that government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.

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quote icon Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other alternatives have been exhausted.

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quote icon Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

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

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quote icon It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

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quote icon Success is the ability to grow from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. Revised by Elder Lynn G. Robbins. Original quote read "go" rather than "grow".

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quote icon A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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quote icon A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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quote icon A nation that forgets its past has no future.

- Winston Churchill

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quote icon The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

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quote icon A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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quote icon One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who have only opinions.

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quote icon Nothing in the world is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

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