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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper-no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of the point.
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Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.
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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
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There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been realized, carried into action, and enshrined in immutable laws a million years ago by the white ant.
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Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
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I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in the social life of great peoples dwelling in a state of democratic freedom.
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The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired.
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We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.
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Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.
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I am easily satisfied with the very best.
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Even fools are right sometimes.
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If we look to our responsibility to the generations yet unborn who will come after us, how can we fail to recognize that peace and freedom are inextricably bound up one with another and that the threat to one is a threat to both
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There are no people in the world who are so slow to develop hostile feelings against a foreign country as the Americans, and no people who, once estranged, are more difficult to win back.
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[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.
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[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.
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In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy.
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I love learning, but hate being taught.
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War is horrible, but slavery is worse.
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Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely love of adventure.
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We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.
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