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- The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892
- It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892
- Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
- Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
- Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.
- Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974), Enemies of Promise (1938)
- I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Radio speech, 1939
- Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Hansard, November 11, 1947
- I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Hansard, May 13, 1940
- So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Hansard, November 12, 1936
- From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Speech in March 1946
- Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt... We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Radio speech, 1941
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