WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:29:38 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg combatant – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Churchill, Winston -- The Second World War, Vol. 1: The Gathering Storm, Epigram, “Moral of the Work,” (1948) https://wist.info/churchill-winston/575/ https://wist.info/churchill-winston/575/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=575 In War: Resolution.
In Defeat: Defiance.
In Victory: Magnanimity.
In Peace: Goodwill.

Churchill - In War Resolution In Defeat Defiance In Victory Magnanimity In Peace Goodwill


Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
The Second World War, Vol. 1: The Gathering Storm, Epigram, “Moral of the Work,” (1948)
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The most famous use of the quote, though it can be found as far back as 21 Jan 1921 in Churchill's own hand, and Edward Marsh, his private secretary, suggested it dated back to just after WW I, as a possible war memorial.

Churchill quotation More information here: CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Autograph sentiment signed and dated, 21 January 1921, 'In War - Resolution , In Defeat - Defiance , In Victory - Magnanimity , In Peace - Goodwill', one page, 4°, in a commonplace book further inscribed and signed 'To Nell from Winston S. Churchill 21.1.21', and with one other inscription, contemporary marbled calf, front cover panelled in gilt and blind. Provenance: Roy A. Dalton; and by descent.. ]]> https://wist.info/churchill-winston/575/feed/ 0 575