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“It is better to have a world united than a world divided; but it is also better to have a world divided than a world destroyed.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“If I were asked the difference between Socialism and Communism, I could only reply that the Socialist tries to lead us to disaster by foolish words and the Communist could try to drive us there by violent deeds.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“No Socialist system can be established without a political police.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“The art of communication is the language of leadership.”
― James C. Humes

“Leadership sometimes demands more than verbiage. It requires visible acts.”
― James C. Humes, Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers

“to duck responsibility. He or she might say this: The policy will be implemented … The leader, on the other hand, would say this: Let’s do it!”
― James C. Humes, Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers

“The vice of capitalism is that it stands for the unequal sharing of blessings; whereas the virtue of socialism is that it stands for the equal sharing of misery.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill: A Treasury of More Than 1,000 Quotations and Anecdotes

“The U.N. was set up not to get us to Heaven but only to save us from Hell.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“Abraham Lincoln, who was about to meet some visiting clergy to accept a petition, was shining his shoes when a cabinet minister came into his office for a quick answer to a question. The cabinet secretary asked in surprise, “Mr. President, are you shining your own shoes?” “Whose shoes would I shine?” replied Lincoln dryly.”
― James C. Humes, Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers

“There are two non-God religions, Nazism and Communism – two peas … Tweedledum and Tweedledee. You leave out God and you substitute the Devil. You leave out love and you substitute hate.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“Nourish your hopes but do not overlook realities.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“John Kennedy [Planning-Solution] Our task is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.”
― James C. Humes, Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers

“Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said … that he had a lot of issues in his life, most of which never happened.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most domineering virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“The difference between our outlook and the Socialist outlook is the difference between the ladder and the queue. We are for the ladder. Let all try their best to climb. They are for the queue.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“Never, never, never, never, never give in—except to dictates of honor and good sense.”
― James C. Humes, Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers

“A nation without a conscience is a nation without a soul. A nation without a soul is a nation that cannot live.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“If you destroy a free market, you create a black market.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“The whole theme of motherhood and family life, with those sweet affections which illuminate it, must be the fountain spring of present happiness and future survival.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“The Socialist dream is no longer Utopia but Queue-topia.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“Some Socialists see private enterprise as a tiger—a predatory animal to be shot. Others see it as an old cow to be milked. But we Conservatives see it as the sturdy horse that pulls along our economy.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“If the trumpet sounds an uncertain note, who shall prepare for battle?”
― James C. Humes, Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers

“They are the most disagreeable of people. … Their insincerity? Can you not feel a sense of disgust at the arrogant presumption of superiority of these people? Superiority of intellect! Then, when it comes to practice, down they fall with a wallop not only to the level of ordinary human beings but to a level which is even far below the average.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“A great event is taking place here, a great event in the world’s destiny. It is taking place without injury or injustice to anyone; it is transforming waste places into fertile; it is planting trees and developing agriculture in desert lands; it is making for an increase in wealth and of cultivation; it is making two blades of grass from where one grew before.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“It is bad for a nation when it is without faith.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“A nation that forgets its past has no future.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

“Whenever socialism has been tried, it has failed.”
― James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill