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لا يُطلَب من رجال الدولة أن يبتّوا في المسائل السهلة فقط. فهذه غالبًا ما تحلّ نفسها بنفسها. إنما حين تتأرجح الكفة، وتغدو الأبعاد مغطاة بضباب كثيف، تتجلى فرصة اتخاذ القرارات التي قد تنقذ العالم.

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-Winston S. Churchill, 1948, The Second World War, Vol 1, p.284.

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