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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been
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Advertising nourishes the consuming power of men.
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Mr. Churchill you're drunk! Mr. Churchill: And you, Lady Astor, are ugly. As for my condition, it will pass by the morning. You, however, will still be ugly.
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Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
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Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police.
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An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.
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To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.
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A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.
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One ought to be just before one is generous
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Victory is only wrested by running risks.
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[Magna Carta provided] a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion by a tyrant or a fool.
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The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.
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I love to learn but I do not want to be taught
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A heightened sense of the observation of nature is one of the chief delights that have come to me through trying to paint.
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I think it is the most important subject facing this country, but I cannot get any of my ministers to take any notice.
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I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.
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Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.
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