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Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5) QUOTES

Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5) QUOTES

1 " In war-time,” I said, “truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

2 " When men are fighting for their lives they are not often disposed to be complimentary to those who are trying to kill them. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

3 " There had been many signs during the Conference that the Soviet Government sincerely desired permanent friendship with Britain and the United States. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

4 " Three airborne divisions were to be delivered safely and in darkness on to their objectives, together with a number of special parties to stir and encourage the seething Resistance Movement. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

5 " How often in life must one be content with what one can get! "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

6 " The best method of acquiring flexibility is to have three or four plans for all the probable contingencies, all worked out with the utmost detail. Then it is much easier to switch from one to the other as and where the cat jumps. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

7 " I resisted these movements whenever they came to my notice. In this I was supported by Marshal Stalin, who followed the Russian maxim, “You may always walk with the Devil till you get to the end of the bridge. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

8 " The best method of acquiring flexibility is to have three or four plans for all the probable contingencies, all worked out with the utmost detail. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

9 " They combine in the most deadly manner the qualities of the warrior and the slave. They do not value freedom themselves, and the spectacle of it in others is hateful to them. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

10 " Their national psychology is such that the bigger the Idea the more wholeheartedly and obstinately do they throw themselves into making it a success. It is an admirable characteristic provided the Idea is good. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

11 " The war impulse of Italy has been destroyed, and that unhappy country is paying a terrible penalty for allowing itself to be misled by false and criminal guides. How much easier it is to join bad companions than to shake them off! "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

12 " It has been well said that wherever there are three Jews it will be found that there are two Prime Ministers and one leader of the Opposition. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

13 " No two cities have counted more with mankind than Athens and Jerusalem. Their messages in religion, philosophy, and art have been the main guiding lights of modern faith and culture. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

14 " He cherished the illusion of power and consequence when the reality had gone. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

15 " I have it from the highest American authorities that it is their wish that their troops should receive direct orders. They say their Army has been framed more on Prussian lines than on the more smooth British lines, and that American commanders expect to receive positive orders, which they will immediately obey. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

16 " You may always walk with the Devil till you get to the end of the bridge. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

17 " People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and to defy clamour are not fit to be Ministers in times of stress. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

18 " Russian maxim, “You may always walk with the Devil till you get to the end of the bridge. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)

19 " The Soviet machine is quite convinced it can get everything by bullying, and I am sure it is a matter of some importance to show that this is not necessarily always true. "

― Winston S. Churchill , Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5)