WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Winston Churchill Quotes

British prime minister, writer & orator

Born: 30 November 1874
Died: 24 January 1965
Lived in: Oxfordshire & London, United Kingdom

Winston Churchill served as British prime minister during the Second World War and again from 1951 to 1955. His speeches joined wartime resolve with arguments about responsibility and parliamentary government. His long political career also included controversial imperial policies.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, an unusual distinction for a head of government.

Words by Winston Churchill

“Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”

Harrow School address, 29 October 1941

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“Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

Harrow School address, 29 October 1941

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“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

Harvard address, 6 September 1943

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“The people of the United States cannot escape world responsibility.”

Harvard address, 6 September 1943

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“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.”

House of Commons rebuilding debate, 28 October 1943, Hansard vol.393 col.403

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