List of quotes from Sir Winston Churchill
"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."
by Sir Winston Churchill Speech at Harvard University
"To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."
by Sir Winston Churchill
"Statistics are like a drunk with a lampost: used more for support than illumination."
by Sir Winston Churchill
"Success is never final."
by Sir Winston Churchill
"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it."
by Sir Winston Churchill speech in the House of Commons
"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."
by Sir Winston Churchill
"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all."
by Sir Winston Churchill
"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."
by Sir Winston Churchill