2. "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." —Winston Churchill on Capitalism
3. "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 on Communism
4. "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last." —Winston Churchill on Compromise
5. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." —Winston Churchill on Courage
6. "This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure." —Winston Churchill on Courage
7. "This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure." —Winston Churchill on Courage
8. "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Winston Churchill." —Winston Churchill on Courage
8. "I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." —Winston Churchill on Death
9. "When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite." —Winston Churchill on Death Immortality
10. "I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." —Winston Churchill on Death Immortality
11. "In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill." —Winston Churchill on Defeat
12. "The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult." —Winston Churchill on Defeat
13. "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." —Winston Churchill on Education
14. "It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter." —Winston Churchill on Fear
15. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." —Winston Churchill on Heroism
16. "The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground." —Winston Churchill on Leadership
17. "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." —Winston Churchill on Leadership
18. "I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught." —Winston Churchill on Learning
19. "Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed." —Winston Churchill on Life
20. "There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true." —Winston Churchill on Lying
21. "Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed." —Winston Churchill on Martyrs
22. "I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to give the roar." —Winston Churchill on Military
23. "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." —Winston Churchill on Opportunity
24. "For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else." —Winston Churchill on Optimism
25. "The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong." —Winston Churchill on Politics
26. "Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business." —Winston Churchill on Politics Government
27. "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations." —Winston Churchill on Quotes
28. "'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using against uncivilised tribes.'
********** Winston Churchill, Secretary of State, British War Office, 1919, authorising use of chemical weapons against Iraqis.. in the first of 6 invasions of Iraq by agents of Anglo Iranian Oil in the last 100 years." —Winston Churchill on Race
29. "Responsibility is the price of greatness." —Winston Churchill on Responsibility
30. "We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges." —Winston Churchill on Society
31. "You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure." —Winston Churchill on Sports
32. "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." —Winston Churchill on Truth
33. "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." —Winston Churchill on Truth
34. "Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. -Winston Churchill." —Winston Churchill on Truth
35. "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." —Winston Churchill on Victory
37. "The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." —Winston Churchill on Vision
38. "No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it." —Winston Churchill on War
39. "We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty." —Winston Churchill on Wealth
40. "Eating words has never given me indigestion." —Winston Churchill on Word
The Right Honourable
Sir Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
(26 October 1951 – 7 April 1955 )
Monarch George VI
Elizabeth II
Deputy Anthony Eden
Preceded by Clement Attlee
Succeeded by Anthony Eden
In office
(10 May 1940 – 27 July 1945 )
Monarch George VI
Deputy Clement Attlee
Preceded by Neville Chamberlain
Succeeded by Clement Attlee
Chancellor of the Exchequer In office
(6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 )
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by Philip Snowden
Succeeded by Philip Snowden
Home Secretary
In office
(19 February 1910 – 24 October 1911 )
Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith
Preceded by Herbert Gladstone
Succeeded by Reginald McKenna
1. Born- 30 November 1874(1874-11-30)Blenheim, Oxfordshire,United Kingdom
2. Died 24 January 1965 (aged 90)Hyde Park, London,United Kingdom
3. Resting place- St Martin's Church, Bladon, United Kingdom
4. Nationality- British
5. Political party- Conservative(1900–1904, 1924–1964), Liberal (1904–1924)
6. Spouse(s)- Clementine Churchill
7. Relations- Pamela Harriman, daughter-in-law
8. Children- Diana Churchill Churchill,Sarah Tuchet-Jesson, Marigold Churchill, Mary Soames
9. Residence- 10 Downing Street (official), Chartwell (private)
10. Alma mater- Harrow School, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
11. Profession- Member of Parliament, statesman, soldier, journalist, historian, author, painter
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