We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
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Winston S. Churchill
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The most frightful of all spectacles is the strength of the civilization without its mercy.
In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society.
If you are going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
Logic, like science, must be the servant and not the master of man.
I know why logs spit. I know what it is to be consumed
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
Never, never, never give in!
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
Of this I am certain, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
People stumble over the truth from time to time,but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Democracy is more vindictive than cabinets, the wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings.
You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.
Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.
There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.