Winston Churchill

I decline utterly to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire.

Winston Churchill

I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies…. Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way…. War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

Winston Churchill

I do not suppose that at any moment of history has the agony of the world been so great or widespread. Tonight the sun goes down on more suffering than ever before in the world.

Winston Churchill

I do not think we are likely to learn much from the liquor legislation of the United States.

Winston Churchill

I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilized tribes.

Winston Churchill

I expect you will find that change is the best kind of rest.

Winston Churchill

I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.

Winston Churchill

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in the social life of great peoples dwelling in a state of democratic freedom.

Winston Churchill

I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.

Winston Churchill

I hate nobody except Hitler – and that is professional.

Winston Churchill