Winston Churchill Quotes about Military - Page 2

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Winston Churchill

Military, Fate, Winning

A study of Disease-of Pestilences methodically prepared and deliberately launched upon man and beast-is certainly being pursue in the laboratories of more than one great country. Blight to destroy crops, Anthrax to slay horses and cattle, Plague to poison not armies but whole districts - such are the lines along which military science is remorselessly advancing.

Winston Churchill

Country, Horse, Military

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.220, Da Capo Press

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'.

Winston Churchill

Peace, Military, War

Second World War (1948) vol. 1, p. viii

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.

Winston Churchill

Military, War, Mean

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

Winston Churchill

Funny, Military, Preparation

"My Early Life: 1874-1904".

It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed...I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives, such as oil and communications behind the immediate battle-zone, rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive.

Winston Churchill

Military, Communication, Land

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

Winston Churchill

Military, Air, Independence

Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Arms and the Covenant”, p.54, RosettaBooks

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

Winston Churchill

Military, Battle, Demand

"Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words".

No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.

Winston Churchill

Military, Enemy, Matter

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.

Winston Churchill

Military, Men, Battle

Arm Yourselves and Be Ye Men of Valour, BBC Radio Broadcast 19 May 1940

Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government

Winston Churchill

Military, Government, Democracy

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”

Air power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms.

Winston Churchill

Military, Air, Force

Winston Churchill (1986). “The Gathering Storm”, p.100, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.

Winston Churchill

Inspiring, Dog, Military

It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.

Winston Churchill

Military, Army, Inspire

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.

Winston Churchill

Military, War, May

Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.

Winston Churchill

War, Military, Expression

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Winston Churchill

Military, Army, Air

it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.

Winston Churchill

Military, Men, Desire

Sir Winston Churchill (1956). “Savrola: a tale of the revolution in Laurania”, Random

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

Winston Churchill

Military, War, Air

Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

Winston Churchill

Military, Anxiety

Sir Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Onwards to Victory”, p.357, RosettaBooks

We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on the struggle until in God's good time the New World with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the Old.

Winston Churchill

Memorial Day, Beach, Military

Winston Churchill's speech to the House of Commons, history.hanover.edu. June 4, 1940.

No two on earth in all things can agree. All have some daring singularity.

Winston Churchill

Military, Agreement, Two

Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world.

Winston Churchill

Military, Men, Together

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.515, Da Capo Press