Quotes A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and

that is the basis of all human morality. Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter. An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. I am easily satisfied with the very best. I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. If you are going through hell, keep going.

Quotes I never worry about action, but only inaction. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong. My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop. Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read. Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. There is no such thing as a good tax. Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

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To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often . You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.