Winston Churchill War Quotes

What did Winston Churchill say about War?

Winston Churchill has written many quotes about War. E.g.,

• In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
• 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.
• Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

What are the top most famous War quotes by Winston Churchill?

Here are the top most famous quotes about War by Winston Churchill.

• In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
• 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.
• Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
• In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
• I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
• Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
• War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
• In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
• We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender.
• Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.