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World War II12 quotes
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. — Winston Churchill · 1940In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. — Winston ChurchillNever in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. — Winston Churchill · 1940This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. — Winston Churchill · 1942Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.' — Winston Churchill · 1940We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. — Winston Churchill · 1940All 12 quotes →Apocalypticism1 quote
There are men in the world who derive as stern an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as others from success. — Winston Churchill · 1898Architecture1 quote
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us. — Winston Churchill · 1943Authoritarianism1 quote
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. — Winston Churchill · 1937British Empire1 quote
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.' — Winston Churchill · 1940Cold War1 quote
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. — Winston Churchill · 1946Courage1 quote
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others. — Winston Churchill · 1937Democracy1 quote
Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. — Winston Churchill · 1947Dictators1 quote
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. — Winston Churchill · 1937Government1 quote
Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. — Winston Churchill · 1947Hell1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Hitler1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Imperialism1 quote
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. — Winston Churchill · 1943International politics1 quote
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — Winston Churchill · 1939Magnanimity in war1 quote
In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. — Winston ChurchillMy enemy's enemy1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Near death experiences1 quote
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. — Winston Churchill · 1898Never giving up1 quote
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. — Winston Churchill · 1941No surrender1 quote
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. — Winston Churchill · 1940Persistence1 quote
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. — Winston Churchill · 1941Politics1 quote
Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. — Winston Churchill · 1947Power of ideas1 quote
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. — Winston Churchill · 1943Quotations1 quote
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations... The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more. — Winston Churchill · 1930Russia1 quote
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — Winston Churchill · 1939Soviet Union1 quote
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. — Winston Churchill · 1946The British people1 quote
We have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy. — Winston Churchill · 1941The devil1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Victory1 quote
What is our aim?... Victory, 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. — Winston Churchill · 1940