Winston Churchill

The German dictator, instead of snatching the victuals from the table, has been content to have them served to him course by course.

Winston Churchill

The German war is … at an end … Almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us … Advance, Britannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the King!

Winston Churchill

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy’s aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

Winston Churchill

The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.

Winston Churchill

The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history.

Winston Churchill

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Winston Churchill

The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.

Winston Churchill

The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike a safeguard from arbitrary perversion of the law.

Winston Churchill

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

Winston Churchill

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

Winston Churchill