Winston Churchill Quotes - Page 38

• These cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler's invasion plans. He hopes, by killing large numbers of civilians, and women and children, that he will terrorise and cow the people of this mighty imperial city ... Little does he know the spirit of the British nation, or the tough fibre of the Londoners.

  Winston Churchill

  Children, Numbers, Cities

  Sir Winston Churchill (1966). “Sir Winston Churchill, K. G., P. C., O. M., C. H., M. P.: selections from his writings and speeches”

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• Are you insinuating that I am a purveyor of terminological inexactitudes?

  Winston Churchill

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• I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and colours.

  Winston Churchill

  Wall, Light, House

  Sir Winston Churchill, Andrew Scotland (1965). “Churchill on men and events: a selection from "Thoughts and adventures" and "Great contemporaries"”

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• Praise the humanities, my boy. That'll make them think you're broadminded!

  Winston Churchill

  Boys, Thinking, Humanity

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• Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each other in the first shock of the most merciless of all the wars of which record has been kept.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Men, Long

  Winston Churchill (1959). “Memoirs of the Second World War: An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War”

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• Twice in my lifetime the long arm of destiny has reached across the oceans and involved the entire life and manhood of the United States in a deadly struggle.There was no use in saying We don't want it; we won

  Winston Churchill

  Ocean, Struggle, Destiny

  Edmund Murray, Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert (1995). “Proceedings of the International Churchill Societies 1992-1993”, Churchill Center

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• I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those mil­lions how they can shine out, instead of accept­ing the dark­ness of Com­mu­nism.

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  Dark, Light, Shining

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• Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and apparatus almost decisive in their character. Reflecting on the outcome of World War I, and an ominous future.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Character, Science

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• I will not pretend that if I had to choose between communism and Nazism I would choose communism.

  Winston Churchill

  Nazism, Communism, Ifs

  Winston Churchill (1963). “The Yankee Marlborough”

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• I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it.

  Winston Churchill

  Self Esteem, Men, Dignity

  Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

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• The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Cat, Water Bottles

  Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.

  Winston Churchill

  Finals, Hours, Pupils

  Wolfgang Mieder, Winston Churchill (1995). “The Proverbial Winston S. Churchill: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Sir Winston Churchill”, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press

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• Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it.

  Winston Churchill

  Husband, Poison, Politics

  Attributed in Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Glitter and Gold (1952).

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• We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.

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  Men, Effort, Progress

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• The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

  Winston Churchill

  Army, British Navy, Royal

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• Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.

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  War, Taken, Army

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• We have taken a grave and hazardous decision to sustain the Greeks and try to make a Balkan Front.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Taken, Decision

  Sir Winston Churchill (1950). “The Grand Alliance”, p.85, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning.

  Winston Churchill

  Morning, Alcohol, Ugly

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• Science burrows its insulted head in the filth of slaughterous inventions.

  Winston Churchill

  Science, Filth, Insult

  Randolph Spencer Churchill, Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert (1983). “Winston S. Churchill: Companion Vol. V, Part Three, the Coming of War 1936-1939”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Battle, Demand

  "Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words".

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• Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.

  Winston Churchill

  War

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• Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Air, Independence

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Arms and the Covenant”, p.54, RosettaBooks

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• My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.

  Winston Churchill

  Hands, Silent, Veto

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.141, Da Capo Press

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• The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable strategic territories...No one can tell what new complications and perils might arise in four or five more years of war. And it is in the dragging-out of the war at enormous expense, until the democracies are tired or bored or split that the main hopes of Germany and Japan must reside.

  Winston Churchill

  Powerful, War, Tired

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• Oh, what is the matter with poor Puggy-Wug? Pet him and kiss him and give him a hug. Run and fetch him a suitable drug. Wrap him up tenderly all in a rug. That is the way to cure Puggy-Wug.

  Winston Churchill

  Friendship, Running, Dog

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