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Winston Churchill
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Biography : British politician and statesman.
Born: 1874 - Died: 1965
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
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Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
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When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.
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History is written by the victors.
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A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
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The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
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It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
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When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
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The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
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Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
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I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
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No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.
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The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
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The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
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Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
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Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
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