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Judged By Every Standard Which History Has Applied To Governments, The Soviet Government Of Russia Is One Of The Worst Tyrannies That Has Ever Existed In The World. It Accords No Political Rights. It Rules By Terror. It Punishes Political Opinions. It Suppresses Free Speech. It Tolerates No Newspapers But Its Own. It Persecutes Christianity With A Zeal And A Cunning Never Equalled Since The Times Of The Roman Emperors. It Is Engaged At This Moment In Trampling Down The Peoples Of Georgia And Executing Their Leaders By Hundreds.

-Winston Churchill

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Judged By Every Standard

Winston Churchill

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Judged By Every Standard Which History Has Applied To Governments, The Soviet Government Of Russia Is One Of The Worst Tyrannies That Has Ever Existed In The World. It Accords No Political Rights. It Rules By Terror. It Punishes Political Opinions. It Suppresses Free Speech. It Tolerates No Newspapers But Its Own. It Persecutes Christianity With A Zeal And A Cunning Never Equalled Since The Times Of The Roman Emperors. It Is Engaged At This Moment In Trampling Down The Peoples Of Georgia And Executing Their Leaders By Hundreds.

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You Leave Out God, And You Substitute The Devil.

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Procrastination

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I Would Say To The House, As I Said To Those Who Have Joined This Government: I Have Nothing To Offer But Blood, Toil, Tears And Sweat.

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War Is A Game That Is Played With A Smile. If You Can't Smile, Grin. If You Can't Grin, Keep Out Of The Way Till You Can.

How Dreadful Are The Curses Which Mohammedanism Lays On Its Votaries! Besides The Fanatical Frenzy, Which Is As Dangerous In A Man As Hydrophobia In A Dog, There Is This Fearful Fatalistic Apathy. Improvident Habits, Slovenly Systems Of Agriculture, Sluggish Methods Of Commerce, And Insecurity Of Property Exist Wherever The Followers Of The Prophet Rule Or Live. A Degraded Sensualism Deprives This Life Of Its Grace And Refinement; The Next Of Its Dignity And Sanctity.

Give Us The Tools, And We Will Finish The Job

I'm So Bored With It All.

The Soul Of Freedom Is Deathless; It Cannot, And Will Not Perish.

It Is Wonderful How Well Men Can Keep Secrets They Have Not Been Told.

Every Man Should Ask Himself Each Day Whether He Is Not Too Readily Accepting Negative Solutions.

To Jaw-jaw Is Always Better Than To War-war.

I Like Things To Happen, And If They Don't Happen I Like To Make Them Happen.

Make Things Happen

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And A Pamphlet Called Pick Me Up There Is No Genuine Hatred Against Herr Hitler.

Canada Is The Linchpin Of The English-speaking World. Canada, With Those Relations Of Friendly, Affectionate Intimacy With The United States On The One Hand And With Her Unswerving Fidelity To The British Commonwealth And The Motherland On The Other, Is The Link Which Joins Together These Great Branches Of The Human Family, A Link Which, Spanning The Oceans, Brings The Continents Into Their True Relation And Will Prevent In Future Generations Any Growth Of Division Between The Proud And The Happy Nations Of Europe And The Great Countries Which Have Come Into Existence In The New World.

Things Do Not Get Better By Being Left Alone.

If I Stay On For The Time Being, Bearing The Burden At My Age, It Is Not Because Of Love For Power Or Office. I Have Had An Ample Share Of Both. If I Stay It Is Because I Have A Feeling That I May, Through Things That Have Happened, Have An Influence About What I Care About Above All Else, The Building Of A Sure And Lasting Peace.

Never Hold Discussions With The Monkey When The Organ Grinder Is In The Room.

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