Winston Churchill Quotes

1. all of the great empires of the future will be empires of the mind. From now on all empires are empires of ideas.

2. it is the people who control the government, not the government the people. We are masters and public servants are servants.

3. Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. The difficulties you overcome are the opportunities you fight for.

58 English quotes by Winston Churchill

4. 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.

5. no folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. The most terrifying thing is a utopia of intolerance.

6. The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

7. don't interrupt me while i' m interrupting. Don't interrupt me when I interrupt you!

8. we are still masters of our fate. we are still captains of our souls. We are still the masters of our destiny, we are still the masters of our souls.

9. If you're going through hell, keep going.

10. This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read. The document successfully defends its right not to be read through its length.

11. there is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result. The most exciting thing in the world is to be shot and the bullet goes crooked.

12. study history, study history. in history lies all the secrets of statecraft. Study history, study history. All wisdom is hidden in history.

13. the farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. The more you reflect back, the clearer you can see ahead.

14. he has all the virtues i dislike and none of the vices i admire. I don't like any of his virtues. He doesn't have any of the bad things that I like.

15. My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

16. the price of greatness is responsibility. The price of greatness is responsibility.

17. if you are going through hell, keep going. If you feel like you are walking through hell. Don't stop walking.

18. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. Short words are best, short old words are best.

19. we are all worms, but i do believe that i am a glow worm. We are all little bugs. But I am a shining bug.

20. Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat their mistakes.

21. A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it. One lie requires countless bigger lies to cover it up.

22. if we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. If we let the past and present bicker, we will lose the future.

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

24. Good and great are seldom in the same man. Virtue and greatness cannot come together.

25. my conclusion on freewill and predestination- they are identical. My understanding of free will and transcendental destiny: they are the same.

26. never, never, never give in! Never, never, never give in.

27. always remember, that i have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. I owe more wine, but less wine is owed to me.

28. It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

29. History is written by the victors. History is written by the winners.

30. money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around. Money is like fertilizer, it is effective when applied widely.