Churchill By Himself Quotes

“While the Hindu elaborates his argument, the Moslem sharpens his sword. Between these two races and creeds…the gulf is impassable.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed...why should we fear for our future?”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill By Himself

“What shall I do with all my books?” was the question; and the answer, “Read them,” sobered the questioner. But if you cannot read them, at any rate handle them and, as it were, fondle them. Peer into them. Let them fall open where they will. Read on from the first sentence that arrests the eye. Then turn to another. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas. Set them back on your shelves with your own hands. Arrange them to your own plan, so that if you do not know what is in them, you at least know where they are. If they cannot be your friends, let them at any rate be your acquaintances. 1932.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill By Himself

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, Wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, Are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake.” —Lady Diana Cooper, 1965”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill By Himself

“The shores of History are strewn with the wrecks of Empires.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill By Himself

“But you ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it is they who made it famous.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Trying to maintain good relations with a Communist is like wooing a crocodile. You do not know whether to tickle it under the chin or to beat it over the head. When it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up!”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Now all our hope is to regulate the unthinkable. Regulated unthinkability—that is the proposal now; and very soon it will be a question of making up our minds to unregulated unthinkability.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“This truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“The best evidence of the fairness of any settlement is the fact that it fully satisfies neither party.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Withhold no sacrifice, grudge no toil, seek no sordid gain, fear no foe. All will be well.”15”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill By Himself

“There is always a strong case for doing nothing, especially for doing nothing yourself.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“There is great danger in trying to have things both ways.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and he is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Golf Like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Mr. Jorrocks has described fox hunting as providing all the glory of war with only thirty-five percent of its danger.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Christ’s story was unequalled and his death to save sinners unsurpassed; moreover the Sermon on the Mount was the last word in ethics.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“I have made more bishops than anyone since St. Augustine.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“There can be no revival of Europe without a spiritually great France and a spiritually great Germany.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“We must build a kind of United States of Europe.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“The safety of the world requires a new unity in Europe, from which no nation should be permanently outcast.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“Two things stop the offensive movements of armies: (a) Bullets and fragments of shell which destroy the motive power of men, and (b) The confusion of the conflict.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“How hard to build. How easy to evacuate. How hard to capture. How easy to do nothing. How hard to achieve anything. War is action, energy & hazard. These sheep only want to browse among the daisies.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“In working with Allies it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“War is very cruel. It goes on for so long.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“The story of the human race is War.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“At once slovenly and uxorious, [the Sudanese soldier] detested his drills and loved his wives with equal earnestness.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words

“The Boers were the most humane people where white men were concerned.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill by Himself: In His Own Words