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Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

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Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.

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The short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.

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It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

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A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

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I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

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These are great days.

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Thus I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence, which is a noble thing.

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The further back I look, the further forward I can see.

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One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.

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The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.

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I always like to learn, but I don't always like to be taught.

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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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When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.

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It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

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My mother always seemed to me like a fairy princess: a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power. She shone for me like the evening star. I loved her dearly.

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May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.

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One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some kind of velvety cool blackness," adding then: "Of course, I admit I may be wrong. It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest."

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Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

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Wars are not won by evacuations.

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