True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Subject:
Genius   
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So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
Subject:
Government   
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Source: Hansard, November 12, 1936
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It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Subject:
Future   
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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.
Subject:
Military   
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Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.
Subject:
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.
Subject:
Patriotism   
British Prime Minister Quotes   
Source: Hansard, June 10, 1941
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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.
Subject:
Military   
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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Subject:
Miscellaneous   
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There is no such thing as a good tax.
Subject:
Taxes   
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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.
Subject:
Patriotism   
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Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Subject:
Miscellaneous   
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Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Subject:
Life   
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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.
Subject:
Future   
British Prime Minister Quotes   
Source: speech in the House of Commons, November 29, 1944
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Subject:
Art   
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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Subject:
Opinions   
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We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.
Subject:
Worries   
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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.
Subject:
Peace   
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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Subject:
Pets   
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This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
Subject:
Reading   
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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.
Subject:
War   
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