Winston Churchill Quotes about Victory
Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.
Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books
No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.
Winston Churchill's remarks at a joint Anglo-American rally in Westminster (July 4, 1918), as quoted in "War Aims & Peace Ideals: Selections in Prose & Verse, Illustrating the Aspirations of the Modern World" edited by Tucker Brooke and Henry Seidel Canby (p. 138), 1919.
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
The Second World War vol. 4 (1951)
Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.
Winston Churchill (2005). “The World Crisis, 1911-1918”, p.291, Simon and Schuster
Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”
Winston Churchill (1986). “Their Finest Hour”, p.103, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Message to people of Europe launching V for Victory propaganda campaign, 20 July 1941
Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940
Sir Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill (1965). “Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words”