Winston Churchill
England
30 Nov 1874 // 24 Jan 1965
Politician / Statesman / Orator
30 Nov 1874 // 24 Jan 1965
Politician / Statesman / Orator
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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion
There is no such thing as a good tax
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is
The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult
The price of greatness is responsibility
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself
The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries
The first quality that is needed is audacity
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays