Winston Churchill Quotes

I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.

I think I speak for everyone," he says, "when I say you have earned the title of Dauntless".

Stand by me, my brave grenadiers!

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat.

I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.

Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die.

No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don't respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause.

I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear... Officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

I like the ethos of the military and the idea of joining an institution in which, at the very least, everyone who signs up believes in something.

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

The heart and soul of a Navy SEAL is somebody who's committed to their country and committed to their teammates.

I am not ordering you to fight for your country. I am ordering you to die for your country!