Winston Churchill quotes

“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. ”

— 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

“It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. ”

— Winston Churchill

“I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.”

— Winston Churchill

“I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.”

— Winston Churchill

“I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.”

— Winston Churchill

“We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.”

— Winston Churchill

“The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.”

— Winston Churchill