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It is always an error in diplomacy to press a matter when it is quite clear that no further progress is to be made. It is also a great error if you ever give the impression abroad that you are using language which is more concerned with your domestic politics than with the actual fortunes and merits of the various great countries upon the Continent to whom you offer advice.

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-Winston S Churchill, 14 March 1934.

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“Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first and main characteristic of mankind.”

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