Quotes from Winston Churchill

It may be that ... when the advance of destructive weapons enables everyone to kill everybody else nobody will want to kill anyone at all. [Referring to the hydrogen bomb.]

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations

You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.

Wars are not won by evacuations.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.

Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in the future.

Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

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

At the beginning of this War megalomania was the only form of sanity.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about.

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

Terminological inexactitude

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

Continuous efforts-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.

Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never.... In nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions or honor and good sense!

We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the halls. We shall never surrender.

Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it!

I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."