It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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The maxim of the British people is Business as usual.

The maxim of the British people is Business as usual.

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add...

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add...

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you...

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you...

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...

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed,...

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed,...

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

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...

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an...

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an...

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal...

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal...

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is...

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is...

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but...

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but...

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of...

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of...

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to...

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to...

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...