Top 25 Quotes by Winston Churchill of 1272 - Page 30

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China]

Winston Churchill

People, Diplomatic Relations, Republic

"Foreign Affairs". In the House of Commons, api.parliament.uk. November 17, 1949.

Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.

Winston Churchill

Peace, War, Believe

Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation.

Winston Churchill

Men, Quality, Deeds

It is a great mistake to suppose that thrift is caused only by fear; it springs from hope as well as from fear; where there is no hope, be sure there will be no thrift.

Winston Churchill

Hope, Spring, Mistake

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.89, Da Capo Press

He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side by side with ours and carrying out their tasks to the end all over the world. What an enviable death was his.

Winston Churchill

Death, Soldier, Battle

I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. We have definitely adopted the position at the Peace Conference of arguing in favour of the retention of gas as a permanent method of warfare. It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas.

Winston Churchill

Mean, Eye, Men

Winston Churchill's statement as President of the Air Council in War Office Departmental Minute (the original document is in the collection of Churchill Papers 16/16 at the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge), May 12, 1919.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

Winston Churchill

Military, People, Drunk

Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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; but seven million men, any ten thousand of whom could have annihilated the ancient armies, are in ceaseless battle from the Alps to the Ocean.

Winston Churchill

Summer, War, Ocean

Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

Winston Churchill

Fear, Feelings, Killing

Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

Winston Churchill

America, Accountability, Democracy

When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.

Winston Churchill

Ideas, Office, Ordinary

Winston Churchill (1948). “The Second World War: The Grand Alliance”

Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

Winston Churchill

Happiness, Art, Wonderful

Winston Churchill (1942). “Thoughts and Adventures”