The quotations of

Winston Churchill

British statesman, soldier and writer

1874–1965

90 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Politics and Clever Jabs.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Courage
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
1930-1935 Wilderness Years
- Courage
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, ‘it is the quality which guarantees all others.’
In Great Contemporaries, “Alfonso XIII” (1937)
- Courage
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion’s heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
Speech in Westminster Hall (30 November 1954), quoted in The Times (1 December 1954), p. 11
- Courage
- Leadership
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’
Speech in the House of Commons, June 18, 1940 “War Situation”.
- Courage
- War & Peace
If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.
Speech to the Cabinet (28 May 1940), quoted in Martin Gilbert, Finest Hour: Winston S. Churchill, 1939–1941 (1983), p. 420
- Courage
- War & Peace
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Speech in the House of Commons (4 June 1940)
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
Speech in the House of Commons on becoming Prime Minister (13 May 1940)

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