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The Era Of Procrastination, Of Half-measures, Of Soothing And Baffling Expedients, Of Delays Is Coming To Its Close. In Its Place We Are Entering A Period Of Consequences.

-Winston Churchill

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The Era Of Procrastination,

Winston Churchill

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The Era Of Procrastination, Of Half-measures, Of Soothing And Baffling Expedients, Of Delays Is Coming To Its Close. In Its Place We Are Entering A Period Of Consequences.

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I Am Sorry To Have Made Such A Long Speech, But I Did Not Have Time To Write A Shorter One.

If You Wanted Nothing Done At All, Balfour Was The Man For The Job.

He Who Fails To Plan Is Planning To Fail.

When I Look Round To See How We Can Win The War, I See That There Is Only One Sure Path . . . And That Is Absolutely Devastating, Exterminating Attack By Very Heavy Bombers From This Country Upon The Nazi Homeland.

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The Privilege Of A University Education Is A Great One; The More Widely It Is Extended The Better For Any Country.

I Am In Favor Of Deliberately Spreading Methodically Prepared Bacteria Among People And Animals -- Mildew ... To Destroy The Harvests, Anthrax To Destroy Horses And Livestock, And The Plague, In Order To Kill Not Only Entire Armies, But Also The Inhabitants Of Large Regions.

Building Slow Destroyers ! One Might As Well Breed Slow Race Horses.

Life Is A Test And This World A Place Of Trial. Always The Problems - Or It May Be The Same Problem - Will Be Presented To Every Generation In Different Forms.

Make For The Children An Evening Of Happiness In A World Of Storm. Let The Children Have Their Night Of Fun And Laughter... Resolved That By Our Daring, These Same Children Shall Not Be Denied Their Right To Live In A Free And Decent World.

The Belief That Security Can Be Obtained By Throwing A Small State To The Wolves Is A Fatal Delusion.

There Is No Doubt The Charge Was An Awful Gamble And That No Normal Precautions Were Possible. The Issue As Far As I Was Concerned Had To Be Left To Fortune Or To God - Or To Whatever May Decide These Things. I Am Content And Shall Not Complain.

I Feel Like An Aeroplane At The End Of Its Flight, In The Dusk, With The Petrol Running Out, In Search Of A Safe Landing.

I Expect You Will Find That Change Is The Best Kind Of Rest.

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The One Who Cannot See That On Earth A Big Endeavor Is Taking Place, An Important Plan, On Which Realization We Are Allowed To Collaborate As Faithful Servants, Certainly Has To Be Blind.

Faithful Servants

Science Bestowed Immense New Powers On Man, And At The Same Time, Created Conditions Which Were Largely Beyond His Comprehension.

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Champagne Drinking

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Watch Your Habits, They Determine Your Character.

All Was There-the Programme Of German Resurrection, The Technique Of Party Propaganda; The Plan For Combating Marxism; The Concept Of A National-socialist State; The Rightful Position Of Germany At The Summit Ofthe World. Here Was The New Koran Of Faith And War: Turgid, Verbose, Shapeless, But Pregnant With Its Message.

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