"We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."
-Winston Churchill
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"In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might."
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"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."
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"Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times."
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"War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can."
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