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Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
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He has to conceal what he would most wish to make public, and make public what he would most wish to conceal.
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I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough.
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