Hastings Ismay quotes

Hastings Ismay was a British Army officer and diplomat, renowned for being the first Secretary General of NATO. His extensive career included serving as Winston Churchill’s chief military assistant during World War II. He played a crucial role in shaping postwar international security and cooperation. Here are 4 of his quotes:

On NATO "I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella."

Hastings Ismay

Churchill owed more, and admitted that he owed more [to Ismay] than to anybody else, military or civilian, in the whole of the war.

Hastings Ismay

On the Festival of Britain, "We are consciously and deliberately determined to make history."

Hastings Ismay