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

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of...

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of...

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning...

Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning...

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

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

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

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...

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to...

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to...

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...

Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.

Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near...

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near...

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.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.