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Winston Churchill: November 29, 1941 - Address To Harrow School

…this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Here’s another leader from our past that has words to heed in this time [...]

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Factoid: Lincoln was asked by his own party to step down and not run for re-election in 1864.
Commented on HuffPost: Why Judd Gregg’s Change of Heart Was a Birthday Present to Lincoln’s Protégé –
“Thanks for the refreshing post, running somewhat against the grain of most of the splinter heads in the media (take that! [...]

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On November 22, 1963, I was in my high school General Science class 16 miles south of the Texas School Book Depository. Today, I drive by Dealy Plaza on my home from work. There are always lots of tourists standing around, talking, pointing, taking pictures. As I pick my way through the intersection, I see [...]

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