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Winston Churchill
Don't talk to...
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.
I cannot pretend...
I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the...
My most brilliant...
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
One does not...
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
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The monarchy is...
The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses,...
The maxim of...
The maxim of the British people is `Business as usual'.
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Perhaps it is...
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.
We are waiting...
We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes.
Source: Radio...
If it is...
If it is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Source: Said to his wife...
All his usual...
All his usual formalites of perfidy were observed with scrupulous technique.
Talking jaw-jaw is...
Talking jaw-jaw is always better than war-war.
Source: Speech in White House,...
I can think...
I can think of no better step to signalize the inauguration of the National Health service than that a person who so...
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt...
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking...
To improve is...
To improve is to change. To be perfect is to have changed a lot.
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In war, you...
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
Source: Recalled...
We are asking...
We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand...
The crafty, cold-blooded,...
The crafty, cold-blooded, blackhearted Italian.
Source: Referring to Benito...
Give us the...
Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
Source: Referring to Lend-lease,...
You [Hitler] do...
You [Hitler] do your worst, and we will do our best.
Source: Speech at Civil...
I have waited...
I have waited fifty years to see the Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.