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The choice is between acting with energy or losing by default.


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When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.



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It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.



What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be

What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be



Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.



Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.



The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.



We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.



Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.



Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.



Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.





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We need to step into certain uncertainty. Without faith it is impossible to please God.



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It may be said of many palaeontologists, as Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper said recently of 18th century historians: "Their most serious error was to measure the past by the present".



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Curtis, where was that enthusiasm in the match? You might have won.



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I have won elections and I have lost elections.



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Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.



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The melting-pot idea is futile ... The brew in a melting pot is always boiling over.



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Only a loving and covenant-making personal God can provide humans with unique dignity, worth, and rights. Blind nature cannot do that. So, for the Christian, "secular humanism" is an oxymoron.



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Magic things are fond of deceptions.




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