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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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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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Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses.
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The women's suffrage movement is only the small edge of the wedge, if we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure and the rise of every liberal cause under the sun. Women are well represented by their fathers, brothers, and husbands.
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Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.
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I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
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If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by the deepest convictions of our hearts.
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One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
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There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.
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Go into the sunshine and be happy with what you see.
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I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.
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The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.
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The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.
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I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.
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There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.
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There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.
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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
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The loyalties which center upon number one are enormous. If he trips, he must be sustained. If he make mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps, he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good, he must be pole-axed.
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It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
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Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.
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