Zitate von Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Sir Winston Spencer Churchill:
In den düsteren Kriegen der modernen Demokratien findet sich für Ritterlichkeit sein Platz. Sinnlose Metzeleien in gigantischem Ausmaß und Massenwirkungen überbrüllen jeden objektiven Gedanken.
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Schriftsteller, Politiker, Premierminister von 1940 - 1945 und 27. 10. 1951 - 5. 4.1955, erhielt für sein sechsbändiges Werk "The Second World War" 1953 den Nobelpreis für Literatur, "My Early Life", "The World Crisis", "Savrola" (England, 1874 - 1965).
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill wäre heute 149 Jahre, 5 Monate, 4 Tage oder 54.577 Tage alt.
Geboren am 30.11.1874 in Woodstock
Gestorben am 24.01.1965 in London
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Weitere 309 Zitate von Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
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Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth.
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Facts are better than dreams.
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From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
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He [Lord Charles Beresford] is one of those orators of whom it was well said, 'Before they get up, they do not know what they are going to say; when they are speaking, they do not know what they are saying; and when they have sat down, they do not know what they have said.'
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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt . . . Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
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I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
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I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
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I did not suffer from any desire to be relieved of my responsibilities. All I wanted was compliance with my wishes after reasonable discussion.
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I found I could add nearly two hours to my working day by going to bed for an hour after luncheon.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
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I have taken more good from alcohol than alcohol has taken from me.
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I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
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I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
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I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the programme which I most desired to see was the one described as 'The Boneless Wonder'. My parents judged that that spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for my youthful eyes, and I have waited 50 years to see the boneless wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.
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If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.