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"A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."
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"You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach."
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"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."
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"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."
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"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."
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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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"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."
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"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots."
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"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."
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"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."
Writing
"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Humor
"Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it."
Friendship
"Extolling the virtues of conservation of energy, Churchill advised, "Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down."
Humor
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
Leadership
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
Self-Awareness
"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
Courage
"In war as in life it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed to take up the best alternative open and if so it is folly not to work for it with all your might."
Strategy
"We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us."
Architecture
"I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations."
Education
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