“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” – Winston Churchill

“Every morn brought forth a noble chance, and every chance brought forth a noble knight, deserve our gratitude, as do all the brave men who, in so many ways and on so many occasions, are ready, and continue ready to give life and all for their native land.” – Winston Churchill, Speech of 1940 about Fighting against Nazi Germany

“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world.” – Winston Churchill, Christmas 1941

“Here’s to 1942, here’s to a year of toil – a year of struggle and peril, and a long step forward towards victory. May we all come through safe and with honour.” – Winston Churchill

“We live in a terrible epoch of the human story, but we believe there is a broad and sure justice running through its theme.” – Winston Churchill

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” – Winston Churchill

“God bless you all. This is your victory! It is the victory of the cause of freedom in every land.” – Winston Churchill

“The mood of Britain is wisely and rightly averse from every form of shallow or premature exultation. This is no time for boasts or glowing prophecies, but there is this – a year ago our position looked forlorn, and well nigh desperate, to all eyes but our own. Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world, ‘We are still masters of our fate. We still are captain of our souls.’” – Winston Churchill

“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.” – Winston Churchill

“We must always be ready to make sacrifices for the great causes; only in that way shall we live to keep our souls alive.” – Winston Churchill

“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.” – Winston Churchill

“Next to cowardice and treachery, overconfidence, leading to neglect or slothfulness, is the worst of martial crimes.” – Winston Churchill

“In war, resolution. In defeat, defiance. In victory, magnanimity. In peace, goodwill.” – Winston Churchill

“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern Europe.” – Winston Churchill

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” – Winston Churchill

“We welcome any country where the people own the government, and not the government the people.” – Winston Churchill

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile – hoping it will eat him last.” – Winston Churchill

“I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my father’s house to believe in democracy. ‘Trust the people’ – that was his message….” – Winston Churchill

“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” – Winston Churchill

“I never take pleasure in human woe.” – Winston Churchill

“This country will be subjected somehow, to a tremendous invasion, by what means I do not know, but I tell you I shall be in command of the defences of London and I shall save London and England from disaster.” – Winston Churchill

“Our task is not only to win the battle – but to win the war.” – Winston Churchill

“You do your worst and we will do our best.” – Winston Churchill

“In that supreme emergency we shall not hesitate to take every step, even the most drastic, to call forth from our people the last ounce and the last inch of effort of which they are capable. The interests of property, the hours of labor, are nothing compared to the struggle for life and honor, for right and freedom.” – Winston Churchill

“Never to surrender ourselves to servitude and shame, whatever the cost and the agony may be.” – Winston Churchill

“Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.” – Winston Churchill

“Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war.” – Winston Churchill

“Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it. Ignorance may deride it. Malice may distort it. But there it is.” – Winston Churchill

“It is no part of my case that I am always right.” – Winston Churchill

“Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.” – Winston Churchill