I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
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Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
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From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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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.
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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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The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
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Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
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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.
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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
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The price of greatness is responsibility.
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Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into a even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill- designed for the purpose.
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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
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Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
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Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
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Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will stand in awe.
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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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.
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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
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A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril but the new view must come, the world must roll forward.
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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
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We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
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Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gongthese are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
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A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward.
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