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

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: War Quotes

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.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add...

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add...

If you're going through hell, keep going.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are...

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

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...

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would...

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

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.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run...

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run...

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a...

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a...

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

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

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

To understand courage, one must know its opposite, conformity.

To understand courage, one must know its opposite, conformity.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even...