When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter. Author: Winston S. Churchill Copy Quote More from Winston S. Churchill “Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; kno…” “2. We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of fr…” “Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.” “A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you n…”