A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest

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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

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All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

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Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die: but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.

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The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

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The Russian Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people.

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Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

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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.

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It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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