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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Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time
It is no use saying, �We are doing our best�. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations... The quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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."
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