Winston Churchill Quotes
Quotebunny has 152 quotations by Winston Churchill.
“Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.”
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
“Never, never, never give up.”
“No crime is so great as daring to excel.”
“No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.”
“No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.”
“Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.”
“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
“One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.”
“Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.”
“Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.”
“Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.”
“Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.”
“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.”
“Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.”
“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.”
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”
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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