 Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Category Archives: Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill – The human story is not mathematical
| 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 (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – Pigs treat us as equals
| I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – Gratitude to British airmen
| The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – We shall not flag or fail
| We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, 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.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – You ask, what is our aim? Victory
| You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – For a nation to tax itself into prosperity
| 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 up by the handle.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – The thoughtless act of a single day
| To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – The danger of living by polls in wartime
| Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one’s pulse and taking one’s temperature.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – We shall not fail or falter
| We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – The people of London with one voice
| The people of London with one voice would say to Hitler: “You have committed every crime under the sun. . . . We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst–and we will do our best.”
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
Winston Churchill – Democracy and the many forms of government
| 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 other forms that have been tried from time to time.
– Winston Churchill (Nov 30, 1874-Jan 24, 1965) |
