Winston Churchill Quotes:
Ocupation: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Life: November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965
Birthday: November 30
Death: January 24
I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas... I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes... It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gases: gases can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.
source: Winston Churchill's statement as President of the Air Council in War Office Departmental Minute (the original document is in the collection of Churchill Papers 16/16 at the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge), May 12, 1919.
topic: Use, Poison Gas, Tribes, Chemical Warfare, Retention
