Winston Churchill

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

Winston Churchill

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

Winston Churchill

In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we’ve done, and they will say ‘do not despair, do not yield…march straightforward.

Winston Churchill

In war what you don’t dislike is not usually what the enemy does.

Winston Churchill

In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity In Peace: Good Will.

Winston Churchill

Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.

Winston Churchill

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty’s Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.

Winston Churchill

It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.

Winston Churchill

It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear; about two of them nothing can be done, so it’s no use worrying; and two perhaps can be settled.

Winston Churchill

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth a good hand – before really plunging.

Winston Churchill