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"You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic."
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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."
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"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."
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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."
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"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."
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"Democracy is good, but it is not good for an uneducated dogmatic society. Often, that society does not know how to choose wisely."
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"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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"Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong."
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"A country that publicly threatens to completely destroy another nation should not be surprised when a preemptive surprise attack occurs from that nation and their allies."
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"The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them."
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"The price of greatness is responsibility."
Responsibility

"Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better."
Identity

"Eating words has never given me indigestion."
Wisdom

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."
Destiny

"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
Success

"For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself."
Politics

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
War

"If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire."
Humor

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
Self-Awareness

"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival."
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