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Great and good are seldom the same man.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail.
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We are plunged in a long and grievous struggle. But all will come right if we all work together to the end.
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And a pamphlet called Pick me up There is no genuine hatred against Herr Hitler.
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My greatest good fortune in a life of brilliant experiences has been to find you, and to lead my life with you. I don't feel far away from you out here at all. I feel very near in my heart and also I feel that the nearer I get to honour, the nearer I am to you.
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It is better to do the wrong thing that to do nothing.
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The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts.
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The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.
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These cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler's invasion plans. He hopes, by killing large numbers of civilians, and women and children, that he will terrorise and cow the people of this mighty imperial city ... Little does he know the spirit of the British nation, or the tough fibre of the Londoners.
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I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.
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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.
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I thought of a remark . . . that the United States is like a 'gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it there is no limit to the power it can generate.' Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful.
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An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea. Churchill's response, Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.
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For the first 25 years of my life, I wanted freedom. For the next 25 years, I wanted order. For the next 25 years, I realized that order is freedom.
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