No two cities have counted more with mankind than Athens and Jerusalem. Their messages in religion, philosophy, and art have been the main guiding lights of modern faith and culture.

Winston Churchill · The Second World War, vol. V, Closing the Ring (1952)

I hope I shall be pardoned if I do not confine myself entirely to the uncontroversial methods which I usually practise.

Winston Churchill · House of Commons, 4 December 1952

Winston Churchill · Article “Consistency in Politics”, Pall Mall, July 1927

Winston Churchill · To Michael Collins, who complained that a price had been put on his head

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