Sir Winston Churchill quotes

Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are
billed to death; those who are worried to death; and those who are bored to death.
Sir Winston Churchill

I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Sir Winston Churchill

Some people's idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like but if anyone
says anything back, that is an outrage.
Sir Winston Churchill

Every pleasure has its corresponding drawback, just as every rose its thorn.
Sir Winston Churchill

A man should sleep sometime between lunch and dinner in order to be at his best in the
evening when he joins his wife and friends at dinner.
Sir Winston Churchill

No boy or girl should ever be disheartened by lack of success in their youth but should
diligently and faithfully continue to persevere and make up for lost time.
Sir Winston Churchill

Facts are better than dreams.
Sir Winston Churchill

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

Do not hesitate to be blunt. This is better done by manner and attitude than by actual
words which can be reported.
Sir Winston Churchill

Books in all their variety are often the means by which civilization may be carried triumphantly
forward.
Sir Winston Churchill

The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there is no limit to the
power it can generate.
Sir Winston Churchill

A good knowledge of history is a quiver full of arrows in debates.
Sir Winston Churchill

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the
most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained.
Sir Winston Churchill

Humanity, not legality, must be our guide.
Sir Winston Churchill

I cannot subscribe to the idea that it might be possible to dig ourselves in and make no
preparations for anything else than passive defense. It is the theory of the turtle.
Sir Winston Churchill

Solvency is valueless without security and security is impossible to achieve without
solvency.
Sir Winston Churchill

If you destroy a free market, you create a black market.
Sir Winston Churchill

How far, alas, do man's endeavours fall short in practice of his aspirations!
Sir Winston Churchill

The Socialists aim at the maximum of regulations and the Conservatives aim at the minimum.
Sir Winston Churchill

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