British - Statesman | November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Winston Churchill
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Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
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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.
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Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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I never worry about action, but only inaction.
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A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.
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I like a man who grins when he fights.
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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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The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.
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India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.
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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
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