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The Second World War quotes

Winston Churchill

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“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” Winston Churchill, The Second World War
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill, The Second World War
“In wartime . . . truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” Winston Churchill, The Second World War
“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, The Second World War
“Let me have the best solution worked out. Don't argue the matter. The difficulties will argue for themselves.” Winston Churchill, The Second World War
“In the Second World War every bond between man and man was to perish. Crimes were committed by the Germans under the Hitlerite domination to which they allowed themselves to be subjected which find no equal in scale and wickedness with any that...” The Second World War
“You ask, What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror; victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.” Winston Churchill, The Second World War
“There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those...” Winston Churchill, The Second World War
“we never succeeded in deflecting the Americans from their purpose. Their national psychology is such that the bigger the Idea the more whole-heartedly and obstinately do they throw themselves into making it a success. It is an admirable...” Winston Churchill, The Second World War
“The crimes of the vanquished find their background and their explanation, though not, of course, their pardon, in the follies of the victors. Without these follies crime would have found neither temptation nor opportunity.” Winston Churchill, The Second World War

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