War Quotes by Winston Churchill · Page 5

Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to…

— Winston Churchill

In war, truth is often the first casualty.

— Winston Churchill

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.

— Winston Churchill

Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.

— Winston Churchill

Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man…

— Winston Churchill

I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but…

— 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

I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan…

— Winston Churchill

Unless some effective world supergovernment for the purpose of preventing war can be set up ... the prospects for peace and human…

— Winston Churchill

...Have the stresses of war been as bad to you personally as carrying through the policy of Collective Farms?

— Winston Churchill

You know, in war, you don't have to be nice. You only have to be right.

— 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

In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the…

— Winston Churchill

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

— 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

War is a catalouge of blunders.

— 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

My only consolation for the failure of the Dardanelles was that God wished things to be prolonged in order to sicken mankind…

— Winston Churchill

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

— Winston Churchill

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

— Winston Churchill

“It is a tale that is told, from which we may draw the knowledge and comprehension needed for the future. The disproportion…

— Winston Churchill

The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and…

— Winston Churchill

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

Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do not flaunt it. Laugh a little and…

— Winston Churchill

Without ships, we cannot live.

— Winston Churchill