The quotable series will contain quotes from different historical figures, movies and other interesting sources.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, army officer, and writer. He was the Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945, when he led the country to victory in WWII, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, Churchill was a member of parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964. Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending Europe from the spread of facism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. Some of his more interesting quotes are:
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Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
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When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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A nation that forgets its past has no future.
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There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.
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A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.
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Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.
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If you're not a liberal at twenty, you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.
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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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A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest
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