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It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.
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There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble.
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A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.
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