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I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. (Winston Churchill)
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. View quote
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Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. View quote
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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. View quote
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It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. View quote
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I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. View quote
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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent. View quote
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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it. View quote
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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. View quote
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You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give. View quote
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Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. (Winston Churchill)
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. View quote
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To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. View quote
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. View quote
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Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. View quote
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The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. View quote
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Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. View quote
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. View quote
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Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. View quote
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The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. View quote
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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. (Winston Churchill)
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. View quote
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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. View quote
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The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong. View quote
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We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect. View quote
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