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“I neither want it [brandy] nor need it, but I should think it pretty hazardous to interfere with the ineradicable habit of a lifetime.”

Quote by Winston Churchill

Book:The Churchill Wit

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The Churchill Wit

This book compiles a selection of the humorous and witty remarks made by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his career, showcasing his sharp intellect and engaging personality in both formal and informal settings. more

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was a statesman, historian, writer, and orator. He led the British people in resisting Nazi Germany during World War II and became a national hero. Churchill is renowned for his unique oratory style and steadfast political stance. more

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“I now began for the first time to envy those young cubs at the university who had fine scholars to tell them what was what; professors who had devoted their lives to mastering and focusing ideas in every branch of learning; who were eager to distribute the treasures they had gathered before they were overtaken by the night. But now I pity undergraduates, when I see what frivolous lives many of them lead in the midst of precious fleeting opportunity. After all, a man's Life must be nailed to a cross either of Thought or Action. Without work there is no play.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“Life is a test and this world a place of trial. Always the problems - or it may be the same problem - will be presented to every generation in different forms.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“Life is a test and this world a place of trial.”

World Life Is This World Tests Trials

Book:Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait

Source: Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait

“Men and kings must be judged in the testing moments of their lives. Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

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Book:Great Contemporaries

Source: Great Contemporaries

“One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible.”

Regard Avoided Hyphens

Author:Winston Churchill

“Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and the key is Russian nationalism.”

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“Still, it is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in, and to punish with exceptional severity all members of their own race who have warmed their hands at the invaders' hearth.”

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Book:Churchill's History of the English-speaking Peoples

Source: Churchill's History of the English-speaking Peoples

“The further back I look, the further forward I can see.”

Author:Winston Churchill

“The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.”

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“The very first thing the President [Truman] did was to show me the new Presidential Seal, which he had just redesigned. He explained, 'The seal has to go everywhere the President goes. It must be displayed upon the lectern when he speaks. The eagle used to face the arrows but I have re-designed it so that it now faces the olive branches ... what do you think?' I said, 'Mr. President, with the greatest respect, I would prefer the American eagle's neck to be on a swivel so that it could face the olive branches or the arrows, as the occasion might demand.'”