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Famous Quotes By Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace on 30 November, 1874. He became Prime Minister of Great Britain on May 10, 1940. After the General Election of 1945, he became the Leader of the Opposition. In 1946 King George VI made him a member of the Order of Merit. Sir Winston Churchill died in 1965 and was buried at Bladon, near Blenheim Palace.

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They told me how Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill.

To jaw-jaw is better than to war-war.

I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government, 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

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

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say, 'This was their finest hour'.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

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Merely having an open mind is nothing; the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

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