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" We 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. "

Winston Churchill

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" One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! "

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" Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. "

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" I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. "

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" In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. "

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" My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them. "

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" Eating words has never given me indigestion. "

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" Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. "

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" My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop. "

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" If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. "

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" We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. "

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" You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. "

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" Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. "

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" For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. "

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" Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter. "

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

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" I am easily satisfied with the very best. "

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" Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. "

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" He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. "

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" I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside. "

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" The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. "

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" The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it. "

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" If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. "

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" India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator. "

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" To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. "

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" This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. "

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