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History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace.
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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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I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.
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If you travel the earth, you will find it is largely divided into two classes of people-people who say 'I wonder why such and such is not done and people who say Now who is going to prevent me from doing that thing?
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