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Quotes by

Winston Churchill

The human story does not always unfold like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes in life they make five or minus three; and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the middle of the sum and leaves the class in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye. – Winston Churchill

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. – Winston Churchill

Nature will not be admired by proxy. – Winston Churchill

Sunshine is my quest. – Winston Churchill

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

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. – Winston Churchill

We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. – Winston Churchill

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. – Winston Churchill

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on. – Winston Churchill

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. – Winston Churchill

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time. – Winston Churchill

[Golf] is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture. – Winston Churchill

The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go. – Winston Churchill

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill

I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. – Winston Churchill

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. – Winston Churchill

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

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. – Winston Churchill

Never give in… never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force… never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. – Winston Churchill

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill