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Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it. Winston Churc

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.

Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.

it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.

A joke is a very serious thing.

It's Never Over 'till it's over! Never Give Up! Never.

[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.

Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Nobody wants to intervene in Russian affairs. Russia is a very large country, a very old country, a very disagreeable country inhabited by immense numbers of ignorant people largely possessed of lethal weapons and in a state of extreme disorder. Also Russia is a long way off.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring.

May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into

There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular forms by which the guilt or innocence of accused persons is determined.

An efficient and a successful administration manifests itself equally in small as in great matters.

Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

You must be prepared for further efforts of mind and body and further sacrifices to great causes, if you are not to fall back into the rut if inertia, the confusion of aim and the craven fear of being great.

All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant; unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true.

Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider public out of doors, has never succeeded much in our small wisely-built chamber. To do any good you have got to get down to grips with the subject a

It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.

Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

Human beings are of two classes: those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and those whose work and pleasure are one.

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