Winston Churchill Quotes - Page 46

• The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Winning, Should Have

  Winston Churchill (1953). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

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• If tonight our people were asked to cast their vote whether a convention should be entered into to stop the bombing of cities, the overwhelming majority would cry, "We will mete out to them [the Germans] the measure, and more than the measure, that they have meted out to us... We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst - and we will do our best."

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  Wicked, Action, Gang

  "You Do Your Worst - And We Will Do Our Best". Winston Churchill's speech, winstonchurchill.org. July 14, 1941.

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• We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation standing up before all the world; for such a nation, rising in its ancient vigour, can even at this hour save civilization.

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  Civilization, People, Rising

  Anthony Eden, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill (1938*). “The Austrian Crisis and British Foreign Policy: Speeches by Anthony Eden, Neville Chamberlain, and Winston Churchill”

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• I myself find waiting more tiring than action.

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  Waiting, Action, Tire

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• For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

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  Air, Flesh, Bullets

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".

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  Adventure, Men, May

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• I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once.

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  Done, Want, Action

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• Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.

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  Sweet, Adversity, Hazards

  Winston Churchill (2013). “London to Ladysmith & Ian Hamilton's March”, p.152, Courier Corporation

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• It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.

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  Adversity, Looks, Lines

  Winston Churchill (1949). “The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches”

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• You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring.

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  Running, War, Adversity

  Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945”

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• God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.

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  Adversity, Too Late, Know How

  Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert (1993). “The Churchill War Papers: At the Admiralty, September 1939-May 1940”, William Heinemann

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• I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.

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  Adversity, Drunk, Gutters

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• Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward

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  Adversity, Looks, Path

  Winston Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.141, A&C Black

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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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  Horse, Adversity, Fire

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

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  Adversity, Issues, Doubt

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• Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?

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  Adversity, Trends, Horrible

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• When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

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  Adversity, Thinking, Weakness

  Winston Churchill (1951). “War speeches”

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• I'm bored with it all. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.

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  Boredom, Slipping, Coma

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• Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?

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  Stress, Years, Storm

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• This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid office.

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  Father, Ambition, Office

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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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  Ambition, Exercise, Army

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• The rhinoceros stood ... about five hundred yards away ... not a twentieth-century animal at all, but an odd, grim straggler from the Stone Age.

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  Animal, Age, Yards

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• I expect you will find that change is the best kind of rest.

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  Change, Kind

  Winston Churchill (1986). “The Gathering Storm”, p.471, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Unless some effective world supergovernment for the purpose of preventing war can be set up ... the prospects for peace and human progress are dark ....If .... it is found possible to build a world organization of irresistible force and inviolable authority for the purpose of securing peace, there are no limits to the blessings which all men enjoy and share.

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  War, Dark, Blessing

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• Don't be content to be the chip off the old block - be the old block itself.

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  Wisdom, Block, Chips

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