Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, mora…

Winston Churchill
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Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow. ✨ Sir Winston Churchill (1954). Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait
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