“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

— Winston Churchill · Courage quote

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others. — Winston Churchill quote card
Statesman · 1874 – 1965

British prime minister during the Second World War and Nobel laureate in Literature.

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