Classic Quotes by Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Statesman, Soldier, and Author
**"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." **
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**"A joke is a very serious thing." **
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**"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." **
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**"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." **
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**"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." **
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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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**"Advertising nourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal of a better home, better clothing, better food for himself and his family. It spurs individual exertion and greater production." **
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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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**"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." **