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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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The press is easier to strangle than to look in the eyes.
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A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
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In handing over the Government of India to these so-called political classes, we are handing over to men of straw, of whom, in a few years, no trace will remain.
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Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.
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We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.
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How often in life must one be content with what one can get!
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What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.
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Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
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When told by a helpful aide that his flies were undone he replied 'Young man, there is no harm in leaving the cage door open if the bird is dead!
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Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.
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Don't be content to be the chip off the old block - be the old block itself.
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We make our buildings, and then our buildings make and shape us.
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The British people are good all through. You can test them as you would put a bucket into the sea and always find it salt.
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You must understand that this war is not against Hitler or National Socialism, but against the strength of the German people, which is to be smashed once and for all, regardless of whether it is in the hands of Hitler or a Jesuit priest.
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The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.
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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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There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.
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A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.
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I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
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We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace but seven million men, any ten thousand of whom could have annihilated the ancient armies, are in ceaseless battle from the Alps to the Ocean.
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