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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The empires of the future are the empires of the mind
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm
Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times
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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