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Battle Quotes by Winston Churchill
- Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
- The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril...It did not take the form of flaring battles and glittering…
- The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilization.
- Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle…
- Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State,…
- It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror,…
- 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…
- Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle.
- We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace;…
- ... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle. It…
- In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.
- Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
- We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and…
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