Winston Churchill Quotes, War Quotes, Night Quotes

Millions who could not follow closely or accurately the main events of the War looked day after day in the papers for the fortunes of Mafeking, and when finally the news of its relief was flashed throughout the world, the streets of London became impassable, and the floods of sterling, cockney patriotism were released in such a deluge of unbridled, delirious joy as was never witnessed again till Armistace Night, 1918.

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For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

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I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial.

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I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

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War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

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Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home

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The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.

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Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose

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I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.

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My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

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In War: Resolution; In Defeat: Defiance; In Victory: Magnanimity; In Peace: Good Will.

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I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

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I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilized tribes.

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Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

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The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'

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We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

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Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

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Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

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The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

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