The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to...

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the...

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the...

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...

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use...

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use...

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.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

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

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

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

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...

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if...

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...

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended...

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended...

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.