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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life is not...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life is not...

Life is not always not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being...

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Stanley Baldwin: A statesman wants...

Stanley Baldwin: A statesman wants...

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first,...

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Konrad Adenauer: History is the...

Konrad Adenauer: History is the...

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

Source: In...

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Konrad Adenauer: The art of...

Konrad Adenauer: The art of...

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the...

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: I am more...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: I am more...

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a...

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Joseph-Desire Mobutu Sese Seko: You should steal...

Joseph-Desire Mobutu Sese Seko: You should steal...

You should steal little by little. [Il faut voler petit a petit.]

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Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.

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Elizabeth I: Brass shines as...

Elizabeth I: Brass shines as...

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

Source: Letter,...

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George III: A traitor is...

George III: A traitor is...

A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.

Source: In The Stein and Day...

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James I: I will govern...

James I: I will govern...

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: There is no...

There is no such thing as a moral dress -- it's people who are moral or immoral.

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Otto von Bismarck: Laws are like...

Otto von Bismarck: Laws are like...

Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.

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Stanley Baldwin: A platitude is...

Stanley Baldwin: A platitude is...

A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

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David Lloyd George: A politician is...

David Lloyd George: A politician is...

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a...

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Konrad Adenauer: We all live...

Konrad Adenauer: We all live...

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.

Source: In...

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George Canning: Indecision and delays...

George Canning: Indecision and delays...

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Pericles: For famous men...

Pericles: For famous men...

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Source: History of the...

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William Pitt the Elder: [C]onfidence is a...

William Pitt the Elder: [C]onfidence is a...

[C]onfidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.

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Robert Walpole: The balance of...

Robert Walpole: The balance of...

The balance of power.

Source: Speech in House of Commons, 13 Feb. 1741.
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Robert Walpole: All those men...

Robert Walpole: All those men...

All those men have their price.

Source: In Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole, by W....

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