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
When I'm in office I always keep Members of Parliament talking. If they stopped they might start thinking.
I do think unpunctuality is a vile habit, and all my life I have tried to break myself of it.
I think it is the most important subject facing this country, but I cannot get any of my ministers to take any notice.
Praise the humanities, my boy. That'll make them think you're broadminded!
If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.
I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.
When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.
What kind of people do they [the Japanese] think we are?
Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people, our Empire, and indeed the whole English-speaking world are passing through a dark and deadly valley.
What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.
It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.