World War One Quotes
16 quotes by 4 authors
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In the time of my parents, before World War One, most people who came to New Zealand from Europe were the more enterprising people; the…
— Maurice Wilkins
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In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.
— Jan Karon
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The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes.
— Winston Churchill
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At the beginning of this War megalomania was the only form of sanity.
— Winston Churchill
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It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to forsake it for…
— Winston Churchill
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I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.
— Winston Churchill
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There is more blood than paint upon these hands. All those thousands of men killed. We thought it would be a little job, and so…
— Winston Churchill
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My only consolation for the failure of the Dardanelles was that God wished things to be prolonged in order to sicken mankind of war, and…
— Winston Churchill
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How many have gone? How many more to go? The Admiralty is fast asleep and lethargy & inertia are the order of the day. However…
— Winston Churchill
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God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer.
— Winston Churchill
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This war proceeds along its terrible path by the slaughter of infantry...I say to myself every day. What is going on while we sit here,…
— Winston Churchill
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It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure.
— Winston Churchill
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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;…
— Winston Churchill
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...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed forward, then soaked…
— Winston Churchill
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More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid…
— Winston Churchill
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Ten thousand officers and men named Smith died in the First World War. One thousand four hundred Campbells died, six thousand Joneses, and one thousand…
— Kevin Myers
Who Wrote These World War One Quotes
4 authors contributed a total of 16 World War One Quotes as follows: