Winston Churchill
English statesman
Lived from: 1874 - 1965
Category: Politics Country: United Kingdom
Born: 30 november 1874 Died: 24 january 1965
Quotes 161 till 180 of 192.
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These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
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They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
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This is not the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning.
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This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
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To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
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Trying to maintain good relations with a Communist is like wooing a crocodile. You do not know whether to tickle it under the chin or beat it over the head. When it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
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War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
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War is mainly a catalog of blunders.
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We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.
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We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.
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We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
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We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
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We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.
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We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
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We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
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