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A Little Mouse Of Thought Appears In The Room, And Even The Mightiest Potentates Are Thrown Into Panic. They Make Frantic Efforts To Bar Our Thoughts And Words; They Are Afraid Of The Workings Of The Human Mind.

-Winston Churchill

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A Little Mouse Of Thought Appears In The Room, And Even The Mightiest Potentates Are Thrown Into Panic. They Make Frantic Efforts To Bar Our Thoughts And Words; They Are Afraid Of The Workings Of The Human Mind.

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There Is No Worse Mistake In Public Leadership Than To Hold Out False Hopes Soon To Be Swept Away. The British People Can Face Peril Or Misfortune With Fortitude And Buoyancy, But They Bitterly Resent Being Deceived Or Finding That Those Responsible For Their Affairs Are Themselves Dwelling In A Fool's Paradise.

A Single Glass Of Champagne Imparts A Feeling Of Exhilaration. The Nerves Are Braced; The Imagination Is Stirred, The Wits Become More Nimble.

Champagne Drinking

You May Take The Most Gallant Sailor, The Most Intrepid Airman, Or The Most Audacious Soldier, Put Them At A Table Together- What Do You Get? The Sum Of Their Fears.

Study History, Study History. In History Lie All The Secrets Of Statecraft.

Courage Is What It Takes To Stand Up And Speak; Courage Is Also What It Takes To Sit Down And Listen.

There Is No Sphere Of Human Thought In Which It Is Easier To Show Superficial Cleverness And The Appearance Of Superior Wisdom Than In Discussing Questions Of Currency And Exchange

Although Personally I Am Quite Content With Existing Explosives, I Feel We Must Not Stand In The Path Of Improvement.

We Shall Come Through! We Cannot Tell When, We Cannot Tell How, But We Shall Come Through.

What A Fool I Have Been!

The Gift Of A Common Tongue Is A Priceless Inheritance And It May Well Some Day Become The Foundation Of A Common Citizenship.

Doubts Could Be Swept Away Only By Deeds.

Democracy Means That If The Doorbell Rings In The Early Hours, It Is Likely To Be The Milkman.

I Never Worry About Action, But Only Inaction.

I Now Began For The First Time To Envy Those Young Cubs At The University Who Had Fine Scholars To Tell Them What Was What; Professors Who Had Devoted Their Lives To Mastering And Focusing Ideas In Every Branch Of Learning; Who Were Eager To Distribute The Treasures They Had Gathered Before They Were Overtaken By The Night. But Now I Pity Undergraduates, When I See What Frivolous Lives Many Of Them Lead In The Midst Of Precious Fleeting Opportunity. After All, A Man's Life Must Be Nailed To A Cross Either Of Thought Or Action. Without Work There Is No Play.

Nothing Makes A Man More Reverent Than A Library.

I Have Always Had A Curious Nature; I Enjoy Learning, But I Dislike Being Taught.

You Will Never Reach Your Destination If You Stop And Throw Stones At Every Dog That Barks.

America, Can Always Be Counted Upon To Do The Right Thing In The End, Having First Exhausted The Available Alternatives.

The Facilities For Advanced Education Must Be Evened Out And Multiplied. No One Who Can Take Advantage Of A Higher Education Should Be Denied This Chance. You Cannot Conduct A Modern Community Except With An Adequate Supply Of Persons Upon Whose Education, Whether Humane, Technical, Or Scientific, Much Time And Money Have Been Spent.

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