Quotes from Winston Churchill

Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.

The German dictator, instead of snatching the victuals from the table, has been content to have them served to him course by course.

Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have war.

We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations . . . The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

Meeting Roosevelt was like uncorking your first bottle of champagne.

Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible.

[Golf] is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

A vile race of quislings—to use the new word which will carry the scorn of mankind down the centuries.

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

The destiny of mankind is not decided by material computation. When great causes are on the move in the world… we learn that we are spirits, not animals, and that something is going on in space and time, and beyond space and time, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

Americans always try to do the right thing after they've tried everything else.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

For each and for all, as for the Royal Navy, the watchword should be, "Carry on, and dread nought."

Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

The soft underbelly of the Axis.

We will have no truce or parley with you [Hitler], or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst—and we will do our best.

The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.