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The United Nations was set up not to get us to heaven, but only to save us from hell.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home
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To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
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When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
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In war, truth is often the first casualty.
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Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and taking one's temperature.
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