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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
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A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
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I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.
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God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.
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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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The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.
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