WSWinston S. Churchill

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Winston S. Churchill

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nothing would be more fatal than for the Government of States to get in the hands of experts. Expert knowledge is limited knowledge, and the unlimited ignorance of the plain man who knows where it hurts is a safer guide than any rigorous direction of a specialized character.

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02Undated

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

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03Undated

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

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04Undated

Here was a place where real things were going on. Here was a scene of vital action. Here was a place where anything might happen. Here was a place where something would certainly happen.

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05Undated

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

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06Undated

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities – but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.

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07Undated

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

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08Undated

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

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09Undated

During their lifetimes, every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them will simply pick themselves up, dust themselves down and carry on as if nothing ever happened.

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10Undated

It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than to apply them.

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11Undated

When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think (puff) my friend, you have had a pretty poor life.

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12Undated

Socialism needs to pull down wealth; liberalism seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism would destroy private interests, Liberalism would preserve [them] ... by reconciling them with public right. Socialism would kill enterprise; Liberalism would rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege and preference. Socialism assails the preeminence of the individual; Liberalism seeks ... to build up a minimum standard for the mass. Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capitalism; Liberalism attacks monopoly.

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13Undated

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

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14Undated

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

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15Undated

Churchill kept perspective on the crowds that gathered to hear him speak by conceding they would be twice as big if gathered to see him hanged.

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16Undated

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without vicory there is no survival.

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17Undated

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

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18Undated

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

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19Undated

it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.

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20Undated

when you're going through hell, keep going.

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21Undated

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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22Undated

I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations

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23Undated

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

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24Undated

Man will occasionally stumble upon the truth but most times he will pick himself up and continue on.

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