War of the worlds Quotes by Winston Churchill

Without ships, we cannot live.

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer.

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.

— 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

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.

— 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

The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian…

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

In Hitler's launching of the Nazi campaign on Russia, we can already see, after six months of fighting, that he has made…

— Winston Churchill

Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in…

— Winston Churchill

More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the…

— Winston Churchill

We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast…

— Winston Churchill

Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that…

— Winston Churchill

The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian…

— Winston Churchill

How many have gone? How many more to go? The Admiralty is fast asleep and lethargy & inertia are the order of…

— Winston Churchill

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie…

— Winston Churchill

Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power…

— Winston Churchill

My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little…

— Winston Churchill

The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the…

— Winston Churchill

He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones…

— Winston Churchill

I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Now, however we have a new experience. We have a victory…

— Winston Churchill

In Hitler's launching of the Nazi campaign upon Russia we can already see, after less than six months of fighting, that he…

— Winston Churchill

Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and apparatus almost…

— Winston Churchill

There is more blood than paint upon these hands. All those thousands of men killed. We thought it would be a little…

— Winston Churchill

If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at…

— Winston Churchill

Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people,…

— Winston Churchill

It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to…

— Winston Churchill

Good night, then - sleep to gather strength for the morning. For the morning will come. Brightly will it shine on the…

— Winston Churchill

...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed…

— Winston Churchill

Far be it from me to paint a rosy picture of the future...But I should be failing in my duty if, on…

— Winston 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

The whole of northern Norway was covered with snow to depths which none of our soldiers had ever seen, felt, or imagined.…

— Winston Churchill

The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable…

— Winston Churchill

This war proceeds along its terrible path by the slaughter of infantry...I say to myself every day. What is going on while…

— Winston Churchill

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie…

— Winston Churchill

The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril...It did not take the form of flaring…

— Winston Churchill