The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

War is a catalouge of blunders.

War is a catalouge of blunders.

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

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

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside...

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside...

When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my...

When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my...

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...

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it....

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it....

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

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

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

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world...

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world...

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...