Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
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Miscellaneous   
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There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.
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Lies   
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A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward.
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Future   
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Work: speech in the House of Commons, November 29, 1944
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Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.
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Military   
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My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
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Marriage   
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Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
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Miscellaneous   
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
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Military   
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The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
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Patriotism   
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Work: Hansard, June 10, 1941
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Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.
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Military   
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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
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Pets   
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Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share of his straitened resources far greater that what we need in the attack.
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Military   
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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.
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Patriotism   
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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
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Opinions   
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Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
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Life   
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A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
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War   
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The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.
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Appearance & Attitudes   
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We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.
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Worries   
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This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
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Reading   
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I have never accepted what many people have kindly said-namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it.
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Nation   
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
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Art   
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