“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.”
Winston S. Churchill“An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea." Churchill's response, "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.”
Winston S. Churchill“Churchill kept perspective on the crowds that gathered to hear him speak by conceding they would be twice as big if gathered to see him hanged.”
Winston S. Churchill“Extolling the virtues of conservation of energy, Churchill advised, "Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down.”
Winston S. Churchill“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
Winston S. Churchill“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
Winston S. Churchill“This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors”
Winston S. Churchill“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.— Winston S. Churchill”
Ellen Brazer, Clouds Across the Sun“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
Winston S. Churchill, Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”
Winston S. Churchill, Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches“We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.”
Winston S. Churchill, Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches