Winston Churchill

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the read more

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against read more

'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against uncivilised tribes.'
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Winston
Churchill, Secretary of State, British War Office, 1919, authorising
use of chemical weapons against Iraqis.. in the first of 6
invasions of Iraq by agents of Anglo Iranian Oil (British
Petroleum) in the last 100 years.