Winston Churchill Quotes

Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.

“Winston,” she scolded, “I approve of neither your politics nor your mustache.” – “Madam,” replied Winston, “you are not likely to come in contact with either.”

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

If you mean to profit, learn to please.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

The soul of Poland is indestructible… she will rise again like a rock, which may for a spell be submerged by a tidal wave, but which remains a rock.

When first in the dim light of early morning I saw the shores of Cuba rise and define themselves from dark-blue horizons, I felt as if I sailed with Captain Silver and first gazed on Treasure Island. Here was a place where real things were going on. Here was a scene of vital action. Here […]

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

The maxim “nothing avails but perfection” may be spelled, “paralysis”.

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my father’s house to believe in democracy. “Trust the people” – that was his message.