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Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.
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Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward... The stronger the advocate of monarchical principle a man may be, the more zealously he must now endeavor to fortify the Throne and to give to His Majesty's successor that strength which can only come from the love of a united nation and Empire.
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Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and apparatus almost decisive in their character. Reflecting on the outcome of World War I, and an ominous future.
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The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
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It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure.
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When danger is far off we may think of our weakness when it is near we must not forget our strength.
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Golf. Trying to knock a tiny ball into an even smaller hole with implements ill suited to the purpose.
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The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation.
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Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.
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No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp or violently worded expressions of public discontent. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanly directed in the first instance.
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