"If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
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Sir Winston Churchill
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Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. Give me a pig. He just looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
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The Balkans produce more history than they can consume.
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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened
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Personally I‘m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught