Winston Churchill Quotes
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“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.”
“In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.”
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
“India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.”
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”
“It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.”
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”
“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”
“It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.”
“It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.”
“Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.”
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”
“Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.”
“Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.”
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
“Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway.”
“Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.”
“My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.”
“My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.”
“My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.”
Winston Churchill Bio:
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, an historian, writer and artist. To date, he is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the second person to be recognised as an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
During his army career, Churchill saw military action in India, the Sudan and the Second Boer War. He gained fame and notoriety as a war correspondent and through contemporary books he wrote describing the campaigns. He also served briefly in the British Army on the Western Front in World War I, commanding the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
At the forefront of the political scene for almost fifty years, he held many political and cabinet positions. Before the First World War, he served as President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty as part of the Asquith Liberal government. During the war he continued as First Lord of the Admiralty until the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign caused his departure from government. He returned as Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air. In the interwar years, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative government.
After the outbreak of the Second World War, Churchill was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on 10 May 1940, he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led Britain to victory against the Axis powers. Churchill was always noted for his speeches, which became a great inspiration to the British people and to the embattled Allied forces.
After losing the 1945 election, he became Leader of the Opposition. In 1951 he again became Prime Minister, before finally retiring in 1955. Upon his death, the Queen granted him the honour of a state funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of statesmen in the world.
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