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Quotes from Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill: Beer

Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.

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Winston Churchill: Humor

Lady Astor: "If you were my husband I'd give you poison," Churchill: "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

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Winston Churchill: Humor

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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Winston Churchill: Humor

A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

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Winston Churchill: Humor

Shaw: I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one. Churchill: Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

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Winston Churchill: Proverb

A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

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Winston Churchill: Proverb

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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Winston Churchill: Proverb

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

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Winston Churchill: Proverb

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

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Winston Churchill: Liberty

If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when victory will be sure and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no chance of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

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Winston Churchill: Politics

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

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Winston Churchill: Politics

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

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Winston Churchill: Politics

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.

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Winston Churchill: Taxes

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

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Winston Churchill: Military

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

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