--- title: "7 Airpower Quotes By Winston Churchill" description: "7 Airpower quotes by Winston Churchill. Plus more from Winston Churchill and more Airpower sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/winston-churchill-95_air_the-navy-can-lose-us-the-war-but-only-th_236934.jpg" --- > [The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-navy-can-lose-us-the-war-but-only-the-air-force-can-win-it/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/winston-churchill-95_air_the-navy-can-lose-us-the-war-but-only-th_236934.jpg) > [May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/may-it-not-also-be-that-the-cause-of-civilization-itself-will-be/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/winston-churchill-95_air-power_may-it-not-also-be-that-the-cause-of-civ_1074586.jpg) > [Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/air-power-can-either-paralyze-the-enemy-s-military-action-or-compel/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/winston-churchill-95_action_air-power-can-either-paralyze-the-enemy_1349003.jpg) > [When I look round to see how we can win the war, I see that there is only one sure path .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/when-i-look-round-to-see-how-we-can-win-the-war-i-see-that-there-is-2/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/winston-churchill-95_able_when-i-look-round-to-see-how-we-can-win_1773712.jpg) > [Air power may either end war or end civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/air-power-may-either-end-war-or-end-civilization/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/winston-churchill-95_air_air-power-may-either-end-war-or-end-civi_2304225.jpg) > [They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/they-had-bombed-london-whether-on-purpose-or-not-and-the-british/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/winston-churchill-95_air-power_they-had-bombed-london-whether-on-purpos_2398368.jpg) > [From now on we shall bomb Germany on an ever-increasing scale, month by month, year by year, until the Nazi regime has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/from-now-on-we-shall-bomb-germany-on-an-ever-increasing-scale-month/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/winston-churchill-95_air-power_from-now-on-we-shall-bomb-germany-on-an_3209975.jpg) ## Other authors on Airpower ## More by Winston Churchill > [The man who can master his time can master nearly anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-man-who-can-master-his-time-can-master-nearly-anything/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/this-is-no-time-for-ease-and-comfort-it-is-time-to-dare-and-endure/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/if-i-had-been-an-italian-i-am-sure-that-i-should-have-been-whole/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Never, never, never give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-never-never-give-up/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-play-for-high-stakes-and-given-an-audience-there-is-no-act-too/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/man-will-occasionally-stumble-over-the-truth-but-most-times-he-will/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-american-constitution-declares-all-men-are-born-equal-the-british/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/god-alone-knows-how-great-it-is-all-i-hope-is-that-it-is-not-too-late/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/when-you-re-20-you-care-what-everyone-thinks-when-you-re-40-you-stop/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [Writing a book is an adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/writing-a-book-is-an-adventure/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/all-men-make-mistakes-but-only-wise-men-learn-from-their-mistakes/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/people-who-are-not-prepared-to-do-unpopular-things-and-defy-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/to-meet-roosevelt-with-all-his-buoyant-sparkle-his-iridescence-was/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-am-always-ready-to-learn-although-i-do-not-always-like-being-taught/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) > [There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-are-plenty-of-good-ideas-if-only-they-can-be-backed-with-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airpower/winston-churchill/#itemlist", "name": "7 Airpower Quotes By Winston Churchill", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. 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