Quotable: Winston Churchill

Gotta love it when famous people insult petty nations.

Churchill’s understanding of the horrors of war did not in any way weaken his resolve that victory was essential. Nor did it deter him from his conviction that every source of energy in the state should be devoted to the war-making process until such time as victory was won. He was scathing towards those who did not understand the demands of total war. On 27 November 1914 after the Swiss Government had protested about British breaches of Swiss air space, he wrote to Sir Edward Grey: ‘It is no time for hedging neutrals to give themselves airs’, and when the Swiss persisted in their protest he added testily: ‘Tell them to go and milk their cows’.

The quote comes from the work I'm proofing for republication, Harry Jaffa's Statesmanship, which will merit a link when it's republished. Ha.