Winston Churchill Quotes, Simple Quotes, Citizens Quotes

Our free trade plan is quite simple. We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy whatever he wants, wherever he wants, at his own good pleasure, without restriction or discouragement from the state.

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Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and taking ones temperature. I see that a speaker at the week-end said that this was a time when leaders should keep their ears to the ground. All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture.

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The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.

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I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.

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I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas... I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes... It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gases: gases can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.

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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

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I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.

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Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.

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I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.

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I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me.

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A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest

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Fancy living in one of these streets, never seeing anything beautiful, never eating anything savoury, never saying anything clever!

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[Much] as war attracts me and fascinates my mind with its tremendous situations, I feel more deeply every year . . . what vile and wicked folly and barbarism it all is.

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The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering.

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Nothing should be done for spite's sake.

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Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.

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Unless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are dark and doubtful.

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In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.

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Eating words has never given me indigestion.

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I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

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