For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.
Winston ChurchillThe 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.
Winston ChurchillMake for the children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. Let the children have their night of fun and laughter... resolved that by our daring, these same children shall not be denied their right to live in a free and decent world.
Winston ChurchillWhen one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.
Winston ChurchillWe must recognise that we have a great inheritance in our possession, which represents the prolonged achievement of the centuries; that there is not one of our simple uncounted rights today for which better men than we are have not died on the scaffold or the battlefield. We have not only a great treasure; we have a great cause. Are we taking every measure within our power to defend that cause?
Winston Churchill