Winston Churchill ( 10 of 115 )
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, read more
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another read more
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most read more
There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have read more
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.
'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against read more
'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against uncivilised tribes.'
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Winston
Churchill, Secretary of State, British War Office, 1919, authorising
use of chemical weapons against Iraqis.. in the first of 6
invasions of Iraq by agents of Anglo Iranian Oil (British
Petroleum) in the last 100 years.
For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
