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Quotation from The River War by Winston Churchill
“Victory is the beautiful, bright-coloured flower. Transport is the stem without which it could never have blossomed”
The River War, Chapter VIII: The Desert Railway (1902 edition)
The opening of the railway chapter, Churchill's argument for the primacy of supply.
Citation: "Victory is the beautiful, bright-coloured flower. Transport is the stem without which it could never have blossomed" — Winston Churchill, The River War, Chapter VIII: The Desert Railway (1902 edition). (id the-river-war-q6)
Portrait: The Roaring Lion, Flickr : Sir Winston Churchill, Public domain.
