
“Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.”
The Art of Peace (1992)
Context: The Treaty is already vindicating itself. The English Die-hards said to Mr. Lloyd George and his Cabinet: "You have surrendered". Our own Die-hards said to us: "You have surrendered". There is a simple test. Those who are left in possession of the battlefield have won.
“Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.”
The Art of Peace (1992)
“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”
As quoted in Homage to Greece (1943)
1930s, Second inaugural address (1937)
“Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.”
As quoted in Ben Shapiro, a Provocative ‘Gladiator,’ Battles to Win Young Conservatives https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/ben-shapiro-conservative.html (November 23, 2017) by Sabrina Tavernise, '.
As quoted in "Military air power : the CADRE digest of air power opinions and thoughts", compiled by Charles M. Westenhoff
Eugene Kennedy, cited in: Kathy Wagoner (2002) The Promise of Friendship. p. 284
Speech at Théâtre des Ambassadeurs, Paris, 24 September 1936, "Thank God For the French Army"
Quoted in Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bcKOAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA111&ots=Xh9ffWodWa&dq=churchill%20better%20men%20than%20we%20have%20not%20died%20on%20the%20scaffold%20or%20the%20battlefield&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false (2013), p. 111. ISBN 9781472520852
The 1930s
“Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.”
“The Forest is Crying”, p. 62
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)