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The Reserve Of Modern Assertions Is Sometimes Pushed To Extremes, In Which The Fear Of Being Contradicted Leads The Writer To Strip Himself Of Almost All Sense And Meaning.

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Winston Churchill

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The Reserve Of Modern Assertions Is Sometimes Pushed To Extremes, In Which The Fear Of Being Contradicted Leads The Writer To Strip Himself Of Almost All Sense And Meaning.

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Never Give In. Never Give In. Never, Never, Never, Never -- In Nothing, Great Or Small, Large Or Petty -- Never Give In, Except To Convictions Of Honor And Good Sense.

The Further Back I Look, The Further Forward I Can See.

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A World United Is Better Than A World Divided, But A World Divided Is Better Than A World Destroyed.

You Were Given The Choice Between War And Dishonor. You Chose Dishonor And You Will Have War.

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Where Does The Family Start? It Starts With A Young Man Falling In Love With A Girl - No Superior Alternative Has Yet Been Found.

There Is Scarcely Anything More Important In The Government Of Men Than The Exact - I Will Ever Say Pedantic - Observance Of The Regular Forms By Which The Guilt Or Innocence Of Accused Persons Is Determined.

An Iron Curtain Has Descended Over Europe.

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Thinking About You

I Must Place On Record My Regret That The Human Race Ever Learned To Fly.

It Is Easier To Give Directions Than Advice, And More Agreeable To Have The Right To Act, Even In A Limited Sphere, Than The Privilege To Talk At Large.

The Only Guide To Man Is His Conscience.

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The Latest Refinements Of Science Are Linked With The Cruelties Of The Stone Age.

Strategy Is All Very Well, But It Pays To Give Thought From Time To Time To The Results.

A Man Is About As Big As The Things That Make Him Angry.

Healthy Citizens Are The Greatest Asset Any Country Can Have.

There's No Such Thing As A Good Tax.

When Someone Says To Me, Ugh, You Smoke. I Reply, Ugh, You're Ugly. I Can Quit Smoking.

We Should Lay Aside Every Hindrance And Endeavour By Uniting The Whole Force And Spirit Of Our People To Raise Again A Great British Nation Standing Up Before All The World; For Such A Nation, Rising In Its Ancient Vigour, Can Even At This Hour Save Civilization.

You Do Your Worst, And We'll Do Our Best.

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Democracy Is An Awful Way To Run A Country, But It's The Best System We Have.

Never, Never, Never Believe Any War Will Be Smooth And Easy, Or That Anyone Who Embarks On The Strange Voyage Can Measure The Tides And Hurricanes He Will Encounter. The Statesman Who Yields To War Fever Must Realize That Once The Signal Is Given, He Is No Longer The Master Of Policy But The Slave Of Unforeseeable And Uncontrollable Events.

The Game Of Life Does Not Proceed Like A Mathematical Calculation On The Principle That Two And Two Make Four. Sometimes They Make Five, Or Minus Four, And Sometimes The Blackboard Topples Over In The Middle Of The Sum And The Pedagogue Is Left With A Black Eye.

No One Should Waste A Day.

The Price Of Greatness Is Responsibility.

Air Power May Either End War Or End Civilization.

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.

Where There Is A Great Deal Of Free Speech There Is Always A Certain Amount Of Foolish Speech.

Freedom Of Speech

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Nothing Is Perfect On The Human Stage.

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