249 Quotes by Winston S. Churchill

Bolshevism is not a policy; it is a disease. It is not a creed; it is a pestilence. It presents all the characteristics of a pestilence. It breaks out with great suddenness; it is violently contagious; it throws people into a frenzy of excitement; it spreads with extraordinary rapidity; the mortality is terrible; so that, after a while, like other pestilences, the disease tends to wear itself out.

Guard them well, admirals and captains, hardy tars and tall marines; guard them well and guide them true.

An iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind.

First we shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.

In war all repetitions are perilous. You can do many things with impunity if you do not keep on doing them over and over again.

Everything tends towards catastrophe and collapse. I am interested, geared up and happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?

If Independence is granted to India, power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air and water would be taxed in India.

Anyone who was not a liberal at 20 years of age had no heart, while anyone who was still a liberal at 40 had no head.

If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.