"The question which we must ask ourselves..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it.
More by Winston Churchill
“The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.”
“Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.”
“Every man should ask himself each day whether he is not too readily accepting negative solutions.”
More on Action
“With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. Thought by thought and act by act, with every breath we build more firmly the kingdom of non-violence that is the true home of the spirit of humanity.”
“You become what you do most of the time.”
“Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.”
More on Responsibility
“If you find here & now intolerable, you have options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.”
“Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort on the part of Negro leaders to arouse their people from their apathetic indifference.... In the past, apathy was a moral failure. Today, it is a form of moral and political suicide.”
“I'd say people get to work and start being more understanding of everybody - instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. But get in there and get it done. Kick ass and take names. And this may be my dad talking, but don't spend what you don't have.”