"Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic."
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"The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired."
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"Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth."
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"What kind of people do they [the Japanese] think we are?"
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"The British people are good all through. You can test them as you would put a bucket into the sea and always find it salt."
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"We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general."
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"The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history."
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"You can always rely on America to do the right thing -- once it has exhausted the alternatives."
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"There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win."
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"I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those millions how they can shine out, instead of accepting the darkness of Communism."
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"What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks to place the native on a level with the white man ... the Kaffir is to be declared the brother of the European, to be constituted his legal equal, to be armed with political rights."
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"The most dangerous moment of the War, and the one which caused me the greatest alarm, was when the Japanese Fleet was heading for Ceylon and the naval base there. The capture of Ceylon, the consequent control of the Indian Ocean, and the possibility at the same time of a German conquest of Egypt would have closed the ring and the future would have been black."
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"No one can understand history without continually relating the long periods which are constantly mentioned to the experiences of our own short lives."
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"When you're going through hell - just keep on going!"
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"I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate."
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"Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!"
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"I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations."
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"I have always noticed that whenever a radical takes to Imperialism, he catches it in a very acute form."
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"Praise the humanities, my boy. That'll make them think you're broadminded!"
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"One can usually put one's thoughts better in one's own words."
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