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Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and taking one's temperature.

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I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those millions how they can shine out, instead of accepting the darkness of Communism.

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It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.

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This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline.

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There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

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Fancy cutting down all those beautiful trees...to make pulp for those bloody newspapers, and calling it civilisation.

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Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.

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It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.

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You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

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When a new book appears one should read an old one.

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How fortunate it was for the world that when these great trials came upon it there was a generation that terror could not conquer and brutal violence could not enslave.

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We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes.

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Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

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It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.

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To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

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There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.

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An American diplomat is sometimes like a bull who carries his own china shop around with him.

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Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.

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The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs.

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