23 quotes
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.
To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will!
The Second World War (book series) (1948)
Of course, when you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
The Second World War (book series) (1948)
The wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings.
War arises from both sides feeling they have a hope of victory.
The wars fanned the wings of science, and science brought to mankind a thousand blessings, a thousand problems and a thousand perils.
War is horrible, but slavery is worse, and you may be sure that the British people would rather go down fighting than live in servitude.
When I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the Government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home.
The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.
The Second World War (book series) (1948)
The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble.
Jellicoe was the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon.
The World Crisis (1923)
One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.
The Second World War (book series) (1948)
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
The Second World War (book series) (1948)
Politics are almost as exciting as war, and – quite as dangerous ... [I]n war, you can only be killed once. But in politics many times.
I am trying to marshal all the forces I can to prevent this coming war, and to strengthen Britain.
This was one of the heaviest blows I can recall during the war....It was a bitter moment. Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another.
The Second World War (book series) (1948)
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.
The Second World War (book series) (1948)
'In war-time,' I said, 'truth is so precious she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.'
The Second World War (1939)
Index entry, The Second World War, Volume I: The Gathering Storm (1948)
The Second World War (book series) (1948)