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 Copy Share Image
In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.' - To Neville Chamberlain” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“They have destroyed your weapons,” he had told the generals, in effect. “But these weapons would in any case have become obsolete… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In war as in life, it is often necessary whensome cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The statesman who yields to war fever...is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Before the war it had seemed incredible that such terrors and slaughters, even if they began, could last more than a few… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“It is my purpose, as one who lived and acted in these days, first to show how easily the tragedy of the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There is the solution which I respectfully offer to you in this Address to which I have given the title "The Sinews… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
[Much] as war attracts me and fascinates my mind with its tremendous situations, I feel more deeply every year . . .… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When I warned them [the French] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time… — Winston Churchill Copy Share
To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
![“My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little folk who exist in every country and who frolic alongside the Juggernaut car of war to see what fun or notoriety they can extract from the proceedings.” quote by Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/424/winston-churchill-95_car_my-hope-is-that-the-generous-instincts-o_950876.jpg)
![“He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side by side with ours and carrying out their tasks to the end all over the world. What an enviable death was his.” quote by Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d6d/winston-churchill-95_airmen_he-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-died-i_698617.jpg)
![“[Much] as war attracts me and fascinates my mind with its tremendous situations, I feel more deeply every year . . . what vile and wicked folly and barbarism it all is.” quote by Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e15/winston-churchill-95_barbarism_much-as-war-attracts-me-and-fascinates-m_68452.jpg)
![“When I warned them [the French] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken. Some chicken! Some neck!” quote by Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/32a/winston-churchill-95_britain_when-i-warned-them-the-french-that-brita_1169851.jpg)
