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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ”
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ”
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. ”
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. ”
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ”
My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop. ”
Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old. ”
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. ”
Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. ”
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. ”