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
This is a war of the unknown warriors; but let all strive without failing in faith or in duty, and the dark curse of Hitler will be lifted from our age.
To improve is to change.
We make our buildings and afterwards they make us. They regulate the course of our lives.
Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.
Leadership is the intelligent use of power.
Without victory there is no survival!
Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.
Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.
The person of truth must be covered with bodyguards of lies.
Even fools are right sometimes.
I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas... I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes... It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gases; gases can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.
There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.
We are plunged in a long and grievous struggle. But all will come right if we all work together to the end.
In my experience of large enterprises, I have found it is often a mistake to try to settle everything at once.