Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

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...

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...

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...

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack...

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack...

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what...

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what...

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

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

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

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you...

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you...

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.