A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Speech Quotes

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy...

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy...

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an...

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an...

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard...

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard...

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in...

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in...

The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every...

The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every...

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

The power of an idea can be measured by the degree of resistance it attracts.

The power of an idea can be measured by the degree of resistance it attracts.