More Quotes by Winston Churchill
There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die: but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
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.
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
if you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
