(1874-1965)
Sir Winston Churchill’s words defined the political landscape of an era – and forever changed the course of human history. The eloquence and passion of his wartime speeches galvanized the British nation in its heroic stand against the Nazi aggression that had brought the Continent to its knees and rallied peoples from all corners of the earth to join in the fight for freedom.

During his long public career, Churchill served six monarchs, fought in battles on four continents, and served 62 years in Parliament as well as two terms as Prime Minister.

To merely list Churchill’s tremendous achievements, however, would not fully illuminate the breadth of his experiences and interests. As well as soldier, statesman, and orator, he was a talented painter, a successful sportsman, and a unionized stonemason. He was not only a great writer, but moreover a great wit: “In my behalf,” he once said, “you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you can understand the most amusing”.

Other famous Churchill quotes & quips . . .

Churchill . . .
“All I can say is that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me”.

Lady Nancy Astor . . .
“Winston, if you were my husband, I’d put arsenic in your morning coffee”.

Churchill . . .
“Madam, if you were my wife, I’d drink It”.

Churchill . . .
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile –hoping that it will eat him last”.

Churchill . . .
“When I was younger, I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast”.

Bessie Braddock . . .
“Winston, you are drunk”!

Churchill . . .
“And Madam, you are ugly. And tomorrow, I’ll be sober, and you will still be ugly”.

Churchill . . .
“It’s a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right”.

Churchill . . .
“Eating words has never given me indigestion”.

Churchill . . .
“Don’t argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves”.

Churchill . . .
“The price of greatness is responsibility”.

Churchill . . .
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”.

Churchill . . .
“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to conviction of honour and good sense”.