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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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In finance everything that is agreeable is unsound and everything that is sound is disagreeable.
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it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.
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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.
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The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer - not even here where we sedulously cultivate it even in its most repulsive form.
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Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
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We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.
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I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.
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The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress....Eve ry family cultivates its vendetta every clan, its feud....Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid.
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And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.
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Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.
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Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.
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Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.
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I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilized tribes.
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Science has given to this generation the means of unlimited disaster or of unlimited progress. There will remain the greater task of directing knowledge lastingly towards the purpose of peace and human good.
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Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?
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It is never possible to guarantee success, it is only possible to deserve it.
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It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.
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