When
I warned them [the French Government] that Britain would fight
on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime
Minister and his divided Cabinet, "In three weeks England
will have her neck wrung like a chicken." Some chicken!
Some neck!
Winston Churchill |
The
inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings;
the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
Winston Churchill
|
Some
regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to
be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only
a handful see it for what it really is - the strong horse that
pulls the whole cart.
Winston Churchill |
A
communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot
tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
Winston Churchill |
When
you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
Winston Churchill
On formal declarations of war |
Criticism
may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same
function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an
unhealthy state of things.
Winston Churchill |
We
shall not flag or fail. 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.
Winston Churchill
Speech in House of Commons, June 4, 1940 |
Everyone
has his day and some days last longer than others.
Winston Churchill |
In
War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity.
In Peace: Goodwill.
Winston Churchill |
In
defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable.
Winston Churchill
On Field Marshal Montgomery |