Winston Churchill Quotes

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”

― Winston Churchill, The Story of the Malakand Field Force

topic:life

“In wartime . . . truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”

― Winston Churchill, The Second World War

topic:truth war

“Let us then declare that King Arthur and his noble knights, guarding the Sacred Flame of Christianity and the theme of a world order, sustained by valour, physical strength, and good horses and armour, slaughtered innumerable hosts of foul...”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

“Nature will not be admired by proxy.”

― Winston Churchill, The Story of the Malakand Field Force

topic:nature

“The lights of Saxon England were going out, and in the gathering darkness a gentle, grey-beard prophet foretold the end. When on his death-bed Edward spoke of a time of evil that was coming upon the land his inspired mutterings struck terror into...”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

topic:evil darkness

“There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those...”

― Winston Churchill, The Second World War

topic:hope politics

“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

topic:courage meaning politics

“Its picture rises before us vivid and bright: the finely carved, dragon-shaped prow; the high, curving stem; the long row of shields, black and yellow alternately, ranged along the sides; the gleam of steel; the scent of murder.”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

topic:war

“It was Twelfth Night, and the Saxons, who in these days of torment refreshed and fortified themselves by celebrating the feasts of the Church, were off their guard, engaged in pious exercises, or perhaps even drunk. Down swept the ravaging foe....”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

topic:war

“A group of pagan ruffians and pirates had gained possession of an effective military and naval machine, but they faced a mass of formidable veterans whom they had to feed and manage, and for whom they must provide killings. Such men make plans,...”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

topic:war

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