Winston Churchill Quotes, Wise Quotes, Memorable Quotes

Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at the moment what is vital and permanent, what is lasting and memorable.

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When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.

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Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

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... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the army, as well as affording me exercise and amusement.

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If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.

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It is not open to the cool bystander . . . to set himself up as an impartial judge of events which would never have occurred had he outstretched a helping hand in time.

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A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

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'Keep England White' is a good slogan.

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Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses.

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A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

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I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.

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That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

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There is required for the composition of a great commander not only massive common sense and reasoning power, not only imagination, but also an element of legerdemain, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten.

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A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

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Ethics evolve naturally, and we trample upon them with laws created by reason and experience.

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No two on earth in all things can agree. All have some daring singularity.

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The opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you

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One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

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I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.

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The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.

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