Winston Churchill1874–1965The quotations of
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer
1874–1965
90 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Politics and Clever Jabs.
There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898), Chapter X- Early career (1897–1929)
There are a lot of lies going around…and half of them are true.
- Speech in the House of Commons (5 October 1938)
- Speech in the House of Commons, June 18, 1940 “War Situation”.
- Speech in the House of Commons (October 22, 1945) “Demobilisation”
- BBC broadcast (“The Russian Enigma”), London, October 1, 1939 (partial text, transcript of the “First Month of War” speech).
- Pall Mall Gazette (1924) on HG Wells’ suggestion of an atomic bomb, in “BBC Article”
- “The Coalmining Situation”, Speech to the House of Commons (October 13, 1943)
For myself I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Lord Mayor’s Banquet, Guildhall, London (9 November 1954) The Unwritten Alliance, page 195, Columbia University, NY (1966),page 195- On Stanley Baldwin, as cited in Churchill by Himself (2008), Ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, p. 322
Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.
My Early Life: A Roving Commission (1930), Chapter 2 (Harrow).- Remarks at a White House luncheon (26 June 1954)
