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This Is No War Of Chieftains Or Of Princes, Of Dynasties Or National Ambition; It Is A War Of Peoples And Of Causes. There Are Vast Numbers, Not Only In This Island But In Every Land, Who Will Render Faithful Service In This War, But Whose Names Will Never Be Known, Whose Deeds Will Never Be Recorded. This Is A War Of The Unknown Warriors

-Winston Churchill

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This Is No War

Winston Churchill

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This Is No War Of Chieftains Or Of Princes, Of Dynasties Or National Ambition; It Is A War Of Peoples And Of Causes. There Are Vast Numbers, Not Only In This Island But In Every Land, Who Will Render Faithful Service In This War, But Whose Names Will Never Be Known, Whose Deeds Will Never Be Recorded. This Is A War Of The Unknown Warriors

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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.

There Is A Place For Everyone, Man And Woman, Old And Young, Hale And Halt; Service In A Thousand Forms Is Open. There Is No Room Now For The Dilettante, The Weakling, For The Shirker, Or The Sluggard. From The Highest To The Humblest Tasks, All Are Of Equal Honor; All Have Their Part To Play.

We Do Not War With Races Primarily As Such. Tyranny Is Our Foe. Whatever Trapping Or Disguise It Wears, Whatever Language It Speaks, Be It External Or Internal, We Must For Ever Be On Our Guard, Ever Mobilized, Ever Vigilant, Always Ready To Spring At Its Throat. In All This We March Together. Not Only Do We March And Strive Shoulder To Shoulder At This Moment, Under The Fire Of The Enemy On The Fields Of War Or In The Air, But Also In Those Realms Of Thought Which Are Consecrated To The Rights And The Dignity Of Man.

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The Only Thing Wrong With Christianity Is The Lack Of Suffering.

Russia Is A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery Inside An Enigma.

There Is The Solution Which I Respectfully Offer To You In This Address To Which I Have Given The Title "the Sinews Of Peace."

I Have Watched This Famous Island Descending Incontinently, Fecklessly, The Stairway Which Lead To A Dark Gulf.

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The Question Which We Must Ask Ourselves Is Not Whether We Like Or Do Not Like What Is Going On, But What We Are Going To Do About It.

I Love Learning, But Hate Being Taught.

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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Nothing Is Won Without Enthusiasm.

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I Had A Feeling Once About Mathematics - That I Saw It All. Depth Beyond Depth Was Revealed To Me - The Byss And Abyss. I Saw - As One Might See The Transit Of Venus Or Even The Lord Mayor's Show - A Quantity Passing Through Infinity And Changing Its Sign From Plus To Minus. I Saw Exactly Why It Happened And Why The Tergiversation Was Inevitable But It Was After Dinner And I Let It Go.

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Now That We Are, As You Say, 'in The Same Boat,' Would It Not Be Wise For Us To Have Another Conference ... And The Sooner The Better.

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Socialism Needs To Pull Down Wealth; Liberalism Seeks To Raise Up Poverty. Socialism Would Destroy Private Interests, Liberalism Would Preserve [them] ... By Reconciling Them With Public Right. Socialism Would Kill Enterprise; Liberalism Would Rescue Enterprise From The Trammels Of Privilege And Preference. Socialism Assails The Preeminence Of The Individual; Liberalism Seeks ... To Build Up A Minimum Standard For The Mass. Socialism Exalts The Rule; Liberalism Exalts The Man. Socialism Attacks Capitalism; Liberalism Attacks Monopoly.

If The Present Tries To Sit In Judgment Of The Past, It Will Lose The Future.

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In Franklin Roosevelt There Died The Greatest American Friend We Have Ever Known - And The Greatest Champion Of Freedom Who Has Ever Brought Help And Comfort From The New World To The Old.

Sure I Am Of This, That You Have Only To Endure To Conquer. You Have Only To Persevere To Save Yourselves, And To Save All Those Who Rely Upon You. You Have Only To Go Right On, And At The End Of The Road, Be It Short Or Long, Victory And Honor Will Be Found.

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The Oldest Habit In The World For Resisting Change Is To Complain That Unless The Remedy To The Disease Should Be Universally Applied It Should Not Be Applied At All. But You Must Start Somewhere.

Eating Words Has Never Given Me Indigestion.

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Leadership Is The Intelligent Use Of Power.

The Cost Of Solving The Comet Mystery Must Be Reckoned Neither In Money Nor In Manpower.

Sunshine Is My Quest.

Always Remember, A Cat Looks Down On Man, A Dog Looks Up To Man, But A Pig Will Look Man Right In The Eye And See His Equal.

It So Often Happens That, When Men Are Convinced That They Have To Die, A Desire To Bear Themselves Well And To Leave Life's Stage With Dignity Conquers All Other Sensations.

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

Money Is Like Manure, Its Only Good If You Spread It Around.

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No Part Of The Education Of A Politician Is More Indispensable Than The Fighting Of Elections.

A Hopeful Disposition Is Not The Sole Qualification To Be A Prophet.

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I Was Happy As A Child With My Toys In My Nursery. I Been Happier Every Year Since I Became A Man. But This Interlude Of School Makes A Somber Grey Patch Upon The Chart Of My Journey. It Was A Unending Spell Of Worries That Did Not Then Seem Petty, And Of Toil Uncheered By Fruition; A Time Of Discomfort, Restriction And Purposeless Monotony.

Never Stand So High Upon A Principle That You Cannot Lower It To Suit The Circumstances.

He Spoke With More Eloquence Than Wisdom.

We Shape Our Buildings; Thereafter They Shape Us.

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.

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If Hitler Invaded Hell, I'd Find Something Nice To Say About The Devil Himself.

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Nothing Is More Dangerous In Wartime Than To Live In The Temperamental Atmosphere Of A Gallup Poll, Always Feeling Ones Pulse And Taking Ones Temperature. I See That A Speaker At The Week-end Said That This Was A Time When Leaders Should Keep Their Ears To The Ground. All I Can Say Is That The British Nation Will Find It Very Hard To Look Up To Leaders Who Are Detected In That Somewhat Ungainly Posture.

I'm Too Busy. I Have No Time For Worry.

It Is My Belief, You Cannot Deal With The Most Serious Things In The World Unless You Understand The Most Amusing.

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