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" When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. "
Winston Churchill
Nothing
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" It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging. "
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" For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank. "
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" We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. "
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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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" Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. "
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" We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. "
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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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" Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. "
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" Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. "
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" Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. "
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" No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye. "
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" If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things. "
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Painting
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" Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. "
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" I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. "
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Meet
Meeting
" When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin. "
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" He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. "
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He
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" 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. "
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" You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. "
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" We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. "
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Masters
Words
Out
" An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. "
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Will
Who
Last
" The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all. "
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" I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. "
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" Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. "
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" When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. "
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