Winston Churchill: Frasi in inglese (pagina 7)
Winston Churchill era politico, storico e giornalista britannico. Frasi in inglese.“This Treasury paper, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.”
As cited in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, p. 50, ISBN 1586486389
Post-war years (1945–1955)
“Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all.”
Speech on receiving the London Times Literary Award November 2, 1949
Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill’s Speeches, Hyperion (2003), p. 453 ISBN ISBN 1401300561
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Origine: Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
Speech at Harvard University, September 6, 1943 ( full text https://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1941-1945-war-leader/the-price-of-greatness-is-responsibility, audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESiuSi8Qp9U).
The Second World War (1939–1945)
To his personal secretary John Colville the evening before Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. As quoted by Andrew Nagorski in The Greatest Battle (2007), Simon & Schuster, pp. 150–151 ISBN 0743281101
The Second World War (1939–1945)
Variante: If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
“Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught,”
In debate http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1952/nov/04/debate-on-the-address in the House of Commons, 4 Nov 1952
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Variante: Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Contesto: Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught, but I shall not attempt to foreshadow the proposals which will be brought before the House tomorrow. Today it will be sufficient and appropriate to deal with the obvious difficulties and confusion of the situation as we found it on taking office.
“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”
As cited in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007), Ed. Goodwin, Black Dog Publishing, p. 49, ISBN 1579127215
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Variante: I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.