Winston Churchill Quotes

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

Peace through strength works; but the flip side is war invited by weakness.

Peace comes through strength, not through retreat.

A nation, in order to be secure in its defense, has to be stronger than its potential enemy. Then what becomes of the defense of the other? Is he to have none?

It is not important what the other side says or means. What is important are the military capabilities of the other side.

As one who fought in all of Israel's wars, and learned from personal experience that without proper force, we do not have a chance of surviving in this region, which does not show mercy towards the weak, I have also learned from experience that the sword alone cannot decide this bitter dispute in this land

Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.

There are some people that will be deterred by the fact that we have nuclear weapons... But those people are the folks we can deal with anyway.

Diplomacy without arms is music without instruments.

Holding out the olive branch in one hand and displaying in the other than the means of offensive operations

If we had less statesmanship, we would get along with fewer battleships.

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.

I believe in peace through strength.

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.

War is evitable if conditions are such that the costs of making war are higher than the benefits.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

The best way to avoid warfare is if no one shows up.

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.