"Hatred plays the same part in government as acid in chemistry."
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"The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it."
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"The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts."
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"It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils."
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"I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one."
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"You must look at facts, because they look at you."
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"There are two kinds of success-initial and ultimate."
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"There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action."
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"My tastes are simple. I like only the very best."
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"Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech."
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"The Russians will try all the rooms in a house, enter those that are not locked, and when they come to one that cannot be broken into, they will withdraw and invite you to dine genially that same evening."
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"I have had to eat my own words many times, and I have found it a very nourishing diet."
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"When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is."
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"Every man should ask himself each day whether he is not too readily accepting negative solutions."
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"These, Gentlemen, are the opinions upon which I base my facts."
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"I shall endeavor to marshal British opinion against a course of action which would bring in my opinion the greatest evils upon the people of India, upon the people of Great Britain and upon the British Empire itself."
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"You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success."
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"The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed."
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"Hope has returned to the hearts of scores of millions of men and women, and with that hope there burns the flame of anger against the brutal, corrupt invader ... In a dozen famous ancient States now prostrate under the Nazi yoke, the masses of the people ... await the hour of liberation ... That hour will strike, and its solemn peal will proclaim that the night is past and that the dawn has come."
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"We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength."
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