Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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The politician must be able to predict what will happen tomorrow, next month, and next year; and then explain why it didn't happen as he predicted.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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After an election recount, only the winner matters. Everyone else is a loser.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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The problem of our time is that its men do not want to be useful but important.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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The criticisms will not be pleasant, but they are necessary.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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The alternation fertilizes the soil of democracy.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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Imagination comforts men with what they cannot be. Humor comforts them with what they are.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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Democracy is the need to occasionally yield to the opinions of others.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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Courage is what is needed to stand up and speak; but it is also what is required to sit down and listen.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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I have often had to eat my words and have found them to be a balanced diet.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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There are no small countries. The greatness of a nation is not measured by the number of its constituents, just as the greatness of a man is not measured by his height.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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Nothing is as foolish as conquering; true glory lies in convincing.