Friday Filosophy v.8.27.21
FRIDAY FILOSOPHY v.8.27.21
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965 was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was a Sandhurst-educated soldier, a Nobel Prize-winning writer and historian, a prolific painter, and one of the longest-serving politicians in British history, he was a Member of Parliament from 1900 to 1964.
Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire to a wealthy, aristocratic family. He joined the British Army in 1895 and saw action in British India, the Anglo-Sudan War, and the Second Boer War, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Widely considered one of the 20th century’s most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending Europe’s liberal democracy against the spread of fascism. He is also praised as a social reformer.
- We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
- Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
- Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
- A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
- It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
- The price of greatness is responsibility.
- My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
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