All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power...

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power...

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest...

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest...

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a...

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a...

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.