Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: War Quotes

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

~Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

~Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

A joke is a very serious thing.

A joke is a very serious thing.

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.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain...

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain...

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best...

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best...

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning...

Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning...

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...