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All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.
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I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.
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I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.
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As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.
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The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.
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Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.
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I wish to fill in the gaps which have so far always remained unanswered in the souls of men as burning questions, and which never leave any serious thinker in peace, if he honestly seeks the Truth.
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As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
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I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.
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It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure.
