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I never "worry" about action, but only about inaction.
The Second World War (1939)
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
The Second World War (1939)
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
The Second World War (1939)
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
The Second World War (1939)
If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
The Second World War (1939)
The Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.
The Second World War (1939)
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
The Second World War (1939)
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The Second World War (1939)
Everyone can see how communism rots the soul of a nation. How it makes it abject in peace and proves it abominable in war.
The Second World War (1939)
The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.
The Second World War (1939)
When I make a statement of facts within my knowledge I expect it to be accepted.
The Second World War (1939)
Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
The Second World War (1939)
The maxim Nothing avails but perfection may be spelt shorter: Paralysis.
The Second World War (1939)
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
The Second World War (1939)
If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.
The Second World War (1939)
There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.
The Second World War (1939)
Now that they have begun to molest the capital, I want you to hit them hard − and Berlin is the place to hit them.
The Second World War (1939)
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.
The Second World War (1939)
We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes.
The Second World War (1939)
I have nothing to add to the reply which has already been sent.
The Second World War (1939)