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Winston Churchill on Anniversary

1874–1965 England

← All quotes by Winston Churchill

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She shone for me like the Evening Star. I loved her dearly — but at a distance.

My Early Life: A Roving Commission (1930)

Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

The Second World War (1939)

We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward cross the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.

My ability to persuade my wife to marry me [was] quite my most brilliant achievement ...

Churchill by Himself (2008)

The Dark Ages may return, the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of Science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction. Beware, I say; time may be short.

Lady Nancy Astor: If I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee.
Churchill: If I were your husband I'd drink it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Winston Churchill (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.