Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong-these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.<\/p>\n
—\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sir Winston Churchill, 1941<\/p>\n
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