Search results
Jan 17, 2023 · Also commonly stated as, ‘The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.”. Each of these fake quotes is commonly attributed to Churchill—even by HM The Queen in her 1999 Christmas Message to the British Commonwealth. What Churchill actually said was, ‘The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.’.
Winston Churchill. “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.'. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston Churchill. Strength, Success, Badass. Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum.
Funny, Humorous, Serious Things. Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash. Winston Churchill. Funny, Army, British Navy. In Sir Peter Gretton Former Naval Person (1968) ch. 1. A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill. Inspirational, Freedom, Independent. Sir Winston Churchill (1965). “The Churchill Wit”. Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft. Winston Churchill.
Nov 30, 2016 · In 2002 a BBC poll crowned Sir Winston Churchill as the greatest Briton who ever lived -- edging out no less than Charles Darwin, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth I and, yes, Scary Spice.. November ...
Oct 18, 2015 · Here are 20 gems from Churchill’s repertoire that show not only his wit, but also his wisdom: “To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.”. “To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to change often.”. “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward ...
