--- title: "4 Antiwar Quotes By Winston Churchill" description: "4 Antiwar quotes by Winston Churchill. Plus more from Winston Churchill and more Antiwar sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/winston-churchill-95_anti-war_never-believe-any-war-will-be-smooth-and_1075273.jpg" --- > [Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-believe-any-war-will-be-smooth-and-easy-or-that-anyone-who/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/winston-churchill-95_anti-war_never-believe-any-war-will-be-smooth-and_1075273.jpg) > [I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-think-a-curse-should-rest-on-me-because-i-love-this-war-i-know-it-s/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/winston-churchill-95_antiwar_i-think-a-curse-should-rest-on-me-becaus_1207098.jpg) > [I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/i-am-strongly-in-favour-of-using-poisoned-gas-against-uncivilised/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/winston-churchill-95_antiwar_i-am-strongly-in-favour-of-using-poisone_1776781.jpg) > [The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-statesman-who-yields-to-war-fever-must-realise-that-once-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/winston-churchill-95_anti-war_the-statesman-who-yields-to-war-fever-mu_1881003.jpg) ## Other authors on Antiwar - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-ludwig-von-mises-61872.jpg) Ludwig von Mises 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ludwig-von-mises/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/noam-chomsky/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernard-barton-17291.jpg) Smedley Butler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/smedley-butler/) - [Mark Twain 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-washington-38054.jpg) George Washington 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/george-washington/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eugene-v-debs-34163.jpg) Eugene V. Debs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/eugene-v-debs/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dwight-d-eisenhower-30965.jpg) Dwight D. Eisenhower 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/dwight-d-eisenhower/) ## 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/antiwar/winston-churchill/#itemlist", "name": "4 Antiwar Quotes By Winston Churchill", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Winston Churchill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-believe-any-war-will-be-smooth-and-easy-or-that-anyone-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/winston-churchill-95_anti-war_never-believe-any-war-will-be-smooth-and_1075273.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/winston-churchill-95_anti-war_never-believe-any-war-will-be-smooth-and_1075273.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/winston-churchill-95_anti-war_never-believe-any-war-will-be-smooth-and_1075273.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure…” — Winston Churchill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. 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