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Winston Churchill
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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
--Winston Churchill
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
--Winston Churchill
The price of greatness is responsibility.
--Winston Churchill
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
--Winston Churchill
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
--Winston Churchill
Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
--Winston Churchill
To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often.
--Winston Churchill
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
--Winston Churchill
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
--Winston Churchill
Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk. Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.
--Winston Churchill
The biggest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter.
--Winston Churchill
I like a man who grins when he fights.
--Winston Churchill
If you are going through hell, keep going.
--Winston Churchill