Now one can see how lucky I was. Over me beat the invisible wings.

Winston Churchill · The Second World War, vol. I, The Gathering Storm (1948)

Expert knowledge, however indispensable, is no substitute for a generous and comprehending outlook upon the human story with all its sadness, with all its unquenchable hope.

Winston Churchill · Churchill at the University of Copenhagen in 1950, on what education is for.

By a blessed dispensation, human beings forget physical pain much more quickly than they do their joyous emotions and experiences.

Winston Churchill · Fourth Alamein Reunion, Empress Hall, London, 21 October 1949

Victory is traditionally elusive. Accidents happen. Mistakes are made. Sometimes right things turn out wrong, and quite often wrong things turn out right.

Winston Churchill · House of Commons, 11 December 1941

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We must learn the difficult lesson that the future of mankind will only be tolerable when our course, in world affairs as in all other matters, is based upon justice and law rather than the threat of naked power.

Albert Einstein · From his message for the Gandhi memorial service, 11 February 1948.

Where one is happy, there is one's homeland.

A Latin saying, ubi bene, ibi patria, with roots in Cicero and Aristophanes.

O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!

Madame Roland · The source reads: “O libertè! O libertè! que de crimes on commet en ton nom! O liberty! O liberty! what crimes are committed in thy name!”

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“Now one can see how lucky I was. Over me beat the invisible wings.”

“Expert knowledge, however indispensable, is no substitute for a generous and comprehending outlook upon the human story with all its sadness, with all its unquenchable hope.”

“By a blessed dispensation, human beings forget physical pain much more quickly than they do their joyous emotions and experiences.”

“Victory is traditionally elusive. Accidents happen. Mistakes are made. Sometimes right things turn out wrong, and quite often wrong things turn out right.”

“We must learn the difficult lesson that the future of mankind will only be tolerable when our course, in world affairs as in all other matters, is based upon justice and law rather than the threat of naked power.”

“Where one is happy, there is one's homeland.”

“O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!”