Winston Churchill

I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations

Winston Churchill

I think it is the most important subject facing this country, but I cannot get any of my ministers to take any notice.

Winston Churchill

I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong…not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.

Winston Churchill

I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters.

Winston Churchill

I was myself so smitten in public opinion that it was the almost universal view that my political life was at last ended.

Winston Churchill

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion’s roar.

Winston Churchill

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

Winston Churchill

I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and colours.

Winston Churchill

I was, on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the beginning of the race.

Winston Churchill

I will not pretend that if I had to choose between communism and Nazism I would choose communism.

Winston Churchill