Quotes About Ismay

After a few minutes, Churchill broke the silence, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few." The remark had such power that Ismay quoted it to his wife after returning home. He had no idea that Churchill would soon deploy the line in one of his most famous speeches.

When the baby sees Ismay, she bawls. "She must miss her mother," Ismay says. "Maybe I remind her of her mother?" A.J. nods, though he thinks the real cause is that his sister-in-law frightens the baby.

Hence the famous bon mot of Lord Ismay, who took up his post as NATO's

After watching operations Churchill drove away with General Ismay, and said, "Don't speak to me.[287] I have never been so moved." It was five minutes before he spoke again, and when he did he had worked out a phrase to express his thoughts: "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.