May Quotes by Winston Churchill · Page 2

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing…

— Winston Churchill

Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward... The…

— Winston Churchill

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

— 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

We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and…

— Winston Churchill

The person must be blind, indeed, who can not see, that here on earth a great project, a great plan, is executed,…

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

First, Poland has been again overrun by two of the great powers which held her in bondage for 150 years but were…

— Winston Churchill

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

— Winston Churchill

It may be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals…

— Winston Churchill

It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a…

— Winston Churchill

Russian may seem narrow-minded, impudent, or even stupid people, but can only pray for those who are against them.

— Winston Churchill

Time is one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain friends. One may lose and regain money. Opportunity,…

— Winston Churchill

It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety…

— Winston Churchill

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as…

— Winston Churchill

This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war…

— 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

Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to…

— Winston Churchill

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

— Winston Churchill

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

— Winston Churchill

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues…

— Winston Churchill

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die: but…

— Winston Churchill

One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his…

— Winston Churchill

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No…

— Winston Churchill

... we ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for…

— Winston Churchill