Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RAwas a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer, and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth30 November 1874
CityWoodstock, England
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.
When a new book appears one should read an old one.
Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them.
Make for the children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. Let the children have their night of fun and laughter... resolved that by our daring, these same children shall not be denied their right to live in a free and decent world.
If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself.
I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.
Success and happiness spring from facing failure after failure with enthusiasm.
Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.
Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.
I am in favor of deliberately spreading methodically prepared bacteria among people and animals -- mildew ... to destroy the harvests, anthrax to destroy horses and livestock, and the plague, in order to kill not only entire armies, but also the inhabitants of large regions.
When I'm in office I always keep Members of Parliament talking. If they stopped they might start thinking.
Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.
Whenever I feel the need to take some exercise I lie down until the feeling goes away.
Don't give your sons money. Give them horses. Many a good son has been ruined through the acquisition of money but no good son has been ruined through the acquisition of horses. Unless they fell and broke their neck, which when taken at the gallop is a very good death to die.