“If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.”

More from Winston Churchill

• “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

  — Winston Churchill · Humorous · Politics

• “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

  — Winston Churchill · Famous Quotes

• “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”

  — Winston Churchill · Truth · History

• “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

  — Winston Churchill · Success

• “History is written by the victors.”

  — Winston Churchill · History

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