A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.
From Winston Churchill
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
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