Winston Churchill War Quotes

Winston Churchill War Quotes & Sayings

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In war what you don't dislike is not usually what the enemy does. — Winston S. Churchill

Before America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose — Winston Churchill

The pictorial battlefield becomes a sea of mud mercifully veiled by the fog of war. — Winston Churchill

There is no working middle course in wartime. — Winston Churchill

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left. — Winston Churchill

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power. — Winston Churchill

There is the solution which I respectfully offer to you in this Address to which I have given the title "The Sinews of Peace." — Winston Churchill

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it. — Winston Churchill

I think that perhaps the classic propagandists of the - in the Second World War was Winston Churchill. He was extremely skilled and adept at it. — Alexander Haig

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. — Winston S. Churchill

Nations that went down fighting rose again, but those who surrendered tamely were finished. — Winston S. Churchill

Madness is however an affliction which in war carries with it the advantage of SURPRISE. — Winston S. Churchill

I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes. — Winston Churchill

War is horrible, but slavery is worse. — Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill could not definitely remember a time when his country had not been at war. — George Orwell

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory. — Winston Churchill

You know, in war, you don't have to be nice. You only have to be right. — Winston Churchill

No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta. — Winston Churchill

I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong ... not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of. — Winston Churchill

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. — Winston Churchill

God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer. — Winston Churchill

The wars of people will be more terrible than those of kings. — Winston S. Churchill

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. — Winston Churchill

Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war. — Winston Churchill

Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance. — Winston Churchill

Air power may either end war or end civilization. — Winston Churchill

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin. — Winston Churchill

At the beginning of this War megalomania was the only form of sanity. — Winston Churchill

Wars are not won by evacuations. — Winston Churchill

The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes. — Winston Churchill

The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilization. — Winston Churchill

If we don't end war, war will end us. — Winston S. Churchill

But who in war will not have his laugh amid the skulls? — Winston Churchill

You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.' - To Neville Chamberlain — Winston S. Churchill

Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times. — Winston S. Churchill

The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power. — Winston Churchill

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win. — Winston Churchill

The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble. — Winston Churchill

Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in the future. — Winston Churchill

When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply asked,'then what are we fighting for? — Kazuo Ishiguro

If I were the first of May, I should be ashamed of myself. — Winston Churchill

We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength. — Winston Churchill

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last. — Winston Churchill

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war — Winston S. Churchill

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. — Winston Churchill

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid. — Winston Churchill

Without ships, we cannot live. — Winston Churchill

In War: Resolution,
In Defeat: Defiance,
In Victory: Magnanimity
In Peace: Good Will. — Winston S. Churchill

It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say ... This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure. — Winston Churchill

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable. — Winston Churchill

In war, truth is often the first casualty. — Winston Churchill

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. — Winston S. Churchill

They said it was only a ground shark; but I was not wholly reassured. It is as bad to be eaten by a ground shark as by any other. — Winston S. Churchill

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. — Winston S. Churchill

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once. — Winston Churchill

Have the stresses of war been as bad to you personally as carrying through the policy of Collective Farms? — Winston Churchill

What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. — Winston Churchill

If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by the deepest convictions of our hearts. — Winston Churchill

We have taken a grave and hazardous decision to sustain the Greeks and try to make a Balkan Front. — Winston Churchill

Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out. — Winston Churchill

England has been offered a choice between war and shame. She has chosen shame and will get war. — Winston Churchill

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise. — Winston Churchill

In war, the truth must be guarded by a body guard of lies. — Winston Churchill

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general. — Winston Churchill

Old men make war, young men fight and die — Winston Churchill

The high roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time but for a century to come. — Winston Churchill

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations — Winston Churchill

War will find us whether we are ready or not. — Winston S. Churchill

If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground. — Winston S. Churchill