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Top 11 Churchill quotes in no particular order

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.

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.

The strongest argument against democracy, is a 5 min. conversation with the average voter.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”

Nancy Astor: “Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.”
Churchill: “If I were your husband I would take it.”

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

posted by Elfego Elgazu @ 2:17 PM