He is one of those orators of whom it was well said, 'Before they get up they do not know what they are going to say when they are speaking, they do not know what they are saying and when they sit down, they do not know what they have said'.
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.Winston Churchill
When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of that regime.
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
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Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
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There is no such thing as a good tax.
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I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and this trial.
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