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.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried...

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried...

No comment is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

No comment is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word:...

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word:...

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

If you're going through hell, keep going.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which...

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which...

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.