churchill Quotes

“For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.”

“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”

“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”

“Great and good are seldom the same man.”

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

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”

“When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.”

“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.”

“We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us.”