Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts ... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.
~Winston Churchill, 'Painting as a Pastime'
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You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be.
~Winston Churchill, First speech as Prime Minister, House of Commons, 13 May 1940
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