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Famous Winston Churchill Quotes
“Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman.”
“If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.”
“We must have a better word than "prefabricated", why not "ready-made"?”
“[There are dangers in] the disposition to hunt down rich men as if they were noxious beasts.”
“The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.”
“The true guide of life is to do what is right.”
“You can always rely on America to do the right thing -- once it has exhausted the alternatives.”
“The soul of freedom is deathless; it cannot, and will not perish.”
“Everyone has a right to pronounce foreign names as he chooses.”
“The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.”
“Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.”
“There is not much collective security in a flock of sheep on the way to the butcher.”
“To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.”