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A Nation Which Has Forgotten Its Past Can Have No Future.

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If You Want A Good Argument Against Democracy, Spend Five Minutes With A Voter.

The Person Of Truth Must Be Covered With Bodyguards Of Lies.

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Democracy Is A Very Bad Form Of Government ... But All The Others Are So Much Worse.

Hatred Plays The Same Part In Government As Acid In Chemistry.

The Story Of The Human Race Is War. Except For Brief And Precarious Interludes There Has Never Been Peace In The World; And Long Before History Began Murderous Strife Was Universal And Unending.

Hope Has Returned To The Hearts Of Scores Of Millions Of Men And Women, And With That Hope There Burns The Flame Of Anger Against The Brutal, Corrupt Invader ... In A Dozen Famous Ancient States Now Prostrate Under The Nazi Yoke, The Masses Of The People ... Await The Hour Of Liberation ... That Hour Will Strike, And Its Solemn Peal Will Proclaim That The Night Is Past And That The Dawn Has Come.

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Diplomacy Is The Art Of Telling People To Go To Hell In Such A Way That They Ask For Directions.

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Watch Your Habits, They Determine Your Character.

I Will Not Pretend That If I Had To Choose Between Communism And Nazism I Would Choose Communism.

These Cruel, Wanton, Indiscriminate Bombings Of London Are, Of Course, A Part Of Hitler's Invasion Plans. He Hopes, By Killing Large Numbers Of Civilians, And Women And Children, That He Will Terrorise And Cow The People Of This Mighty Imperial City ... Little Does He Know The Spirit Of The British Nation, Or The Tough Fibre Of The Londoners.

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There Is Nothing Government Can Give You That It Hasn't Taken From You In The First Place.

We Have A Very Daring And Skillful Opponent Against Us, And, May I Say Across The Havoc Of War, A Great General.

An Old Battleax Of A Woman Said To Winston Churchill, "if You Were My Husband I Would Put Poison In Your Tea." Churchill's Response, "ma'am If You Were My Wife I Would Drink It.

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.

There Is Nothing Like Oratory, It Is A Skill That Can Turn A Commoner Into A King.

This Is A War Of The Unknown Warriors; But Let All Strive Without Failing In Faith Or In Duty, And The Dark Curse Of Hitler Will Be Lifted From Our Age.

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.

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.

Those Good At War Aren't Good At Peace, And Those Good At Peace Aren't Good At War.

... Painting A Picture Is Like Fighting A Battle; And Trying To Paint A Picture Is, I Suppose, Like Trying To Fight A Battle. It Is, If Anything, More Exciting Than Fighting It Successfully. But The Principle Is The Same.

I Am Fond Of Pigs. Dogs Look Up To Us. Cats Look Down On Us. Pigs Treat Us As Equals.

A Gentleman Is A Man Who Is Only Rude When He Intends To Be.

Unpunctuality Is A Vile Habit.

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

We Shall Defend Our Island Whatever The Cost May Be; We Shall Fight On Beaches, Landing Grounds, In Fields, In Streets And On The Hills. We Shall Never Surrender And Even If, Which I Do Not For The Moment Believe, This Island Or A Large Part Of It Were Subjugated And Starving, Then Our Empire Beyond The Seas, Armed And Guarded By The British Fleet, Will Carry On The Struggle Until In God's Good Time The New World With All Its Power And Might, Sets Forth To The Liberation And Rescue Of The Old.

This Beginning With Audacity, Or Being Thrown Into The Middle Of It, Is Already A Very Great Part Of The Art Of Painting.

I Always Seem To Get Inspiration And Renewed Vitality By Contact With This Great Novel Land Of Yours Which Sticks Up Out Of The Atlantic.

Only Changes In Mindsets Can Extend The Frontiers Of The Possible.

For The First 25 Years Of My Life, I Wanted Freedom. For The Next 25 Years, I Wanted Order. For The Next 25 Years, I Realized That Order Is Freedom.

Things Do Not Get Better By Being Left Alone.

Is The Only Lesson Of History To Be That Mankind Is Unteachable?

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.

We Must Build A Kind Of United States Of Europe.

We Shall Escape The Absurdity Of Growing A Whole Chicken In Order To Eat The Breast Or Wing, By Growing These Parts Separately Under A Suitable Medium.

When A New Book Appears One Should Read An Old One.

And Wherever Men Are Fighting Against Barbarism, Tyranny, And Massacre, For Freedom, Law, And Honour, Let Them Remember That The Fame Of Their Deeds, Even Though They Themselves Be Exterminated, May Perhaps Be Celebrated As Long As The World Rolls Round.

Let The Children Have Their Night Of Fun And Laughter, Let The Gifts Of Father Christmas Delight Their Play. Let Us Grown-ups Share To The Full In Their Unstinted Pleasures.

Politics Is More Dangerous Than War, For In War You Are Only Killed Once.

We Hoped To Land A Wild Cat That Would Tear Out The Bowels Of The Boche. Instead We Have Stranded A Vast Whale With Its Tail Flopping About In The Water.

The Head Cannot Take In More Than The Seat Can Endure.

Diversity Is The One True Thing We All Have In Common... Celebrate It Every Day.

The Person Must Be Blind, Indeed, Who Can Not See, That Here On Earth A Great Project, A Great Plan, Is Executed, May Work On The Realization Of Which We Participate As Faithful Servants.

Faithful Servants

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It Is Better To Do The Wrong Thing That To Do Nothing.

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I Am Convinced That There Is No Smarter, Handier, Or More Adaptable Body Of Troops In The World.

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