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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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Dear citizen, if you were my love, I'd stole your money!' Admin if you were my love, I would ask you for divorce and spousal support!
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May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.
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Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.
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There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action.
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Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people, our Empire, and indeed the whole English-speaking world are passing through a dark and deadly valley.
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Nature will not be admired by proxy.
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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
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What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes.
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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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We shall not fail or falter we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
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At the depths of that dusty soul there is nothing but abject surrender.
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I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.
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It is all true, or it ought to be and more and better besides.
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Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilisation may be carried triumphantly forward.
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Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle.
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I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.
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If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
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