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All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true.

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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
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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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We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. [Referring to the theory that over-production caused the Depression]
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It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.
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I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough.
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When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.
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The rhinoceros stood ... about five hundred yards away ... not a twentieth-century animal at all, but an odd, grim straggler from the Stone Age.
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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 gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
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How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every term, when I should return home.
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These, Gentlemen, are the opinions upon which I base my facts.
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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
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There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
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