Quotes from Winston S. Churchill

A wall of crystal, utterly immovable, began to tower up in the Narrows, and against this wall of inhibition no weapon could be employed. The 'No' principle had become established in men's minds, and nothing could ever eradicate it.

The following French defence has been made, and it cannot be lightly dismissed. If Czechoslovakia had refused to submit, and war had resulted, France would have fulfilled her obligations; but if the Czechs chose to give in under whatever pressures were administered French honour was saved. We must leave this to the judgment of history.

No' had settled down for ever on our councils, crushing with its deadening weight what I shall ever believe was the hope of the world.

If the present," I said a few weeks later, "tries to sit in judgment on the past it will lose the future.

Los cuadros de bajas expuestos en el capítulo titulado «Estadística sangrienta» muestran la falsedad de esta impresión. Sir Douglas Haig no fue bien servido en esta ocasión por su Servicio de Información del Gran Cuartel General196 la tendencia a decirle a un jefe de elevada situación solo las cosas que gusta de oír es una de las explicaciones más corrientes de una dirección

los grandes antagonismos se manifiestan en detalles pequeños.

Madness is however an affliction which in war carries with it the advantage of SURPRISE.

always followed, so far as I could see, the principle that military commanders should not be judged by results, but by the quality of their effort.

General Wavell feared that the policy of strict blockade of Jibuti favoured by Generals de Gaulle and Le Gentilhomme would merely stiffen its resistance. He proposed instead making an offer to admit sufficient supplies, such as milk for children, to prevent distress, to allow any troops wishing to join the Free French to do so and to evacuate the rest to some other French colony, and to negotiate for the use of the railway for supplying his own forces. But at home we took a different view.

The old capital is solitary and deserted. No sound of man breaks the silence of its streets. Only memory broods in the garden where the Pashas used to walk, and the courtyard where the Imperial envoy fell.

This was the first time that the British Ambassador had succeeded in making such an arrangement. Every precaution was taken by the police. One of my guests, M. Vyshinsky, on passing some of the N.K.V.D. armed guards on our staircase, remarked, "Apparently the Red Army has had another victory. It has occupied the British Embassy.

We are now somewhat readily accepting the proposition that high-explosive shells used in unprecedented and extraordinary quantities will achieve decisive results.

There is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has its exceptions.

Sin embargo, una guerra aplazada puede ser una guerra evitada.

The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small State to the wolves is a fatal delusion.

In practice, as even the Russians have now learned, the only way of pillaging a defeated nation is to cart away any movables which are wanted, and to drive off a portion of its manhood as permanent or temporary slaves.

Además, el proceso de agenciarse carbón era una dificultad y un peligro extraordinarios. La extensa organización del Almirantazgo tenía servicios de vigilancia en cada puerto, sobre cada tonelada y en todo carbonero probable. La compra del carbón y el movimiento de un carbonero podían muy bien proporcionar una pista a los perseguidores.

By this time next year we shall know whether the Prime Minister's view of Herr Hitler and the German Nazi Party is right or wrong. By this time next year we shall know whether the policy of appeasement has appeased, or whether it has only stimulated a more ferocious appetite.

The growth of the great antagonisms abroad was accompanied by the progressive aggravation of party strife at home.

Este método de vida respondía exactamente a las máximas del poeta Blake: «Pensar por la mañana, actuar al mediodía, comer por la tarde y dormir por la noche».

Already Ex-President Roosevelt had brutally proclaimed, 'Our Allies and our enemies and Mr. Wilson himself should all understand that Mr. Wilson has no authority whatever to speak for the American people at this time.

all the great struggles of history have been won by superior will-power wresting victory in the teeth of odds or upon the narrowest of margins.

A Constitution", said Napoleon, "should be short and obscure.

when our lives have faded, history will pronounce its cool, detached, and shadowy verdict.