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
Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal
History is written by the victors.
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?
Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.