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“Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches (1974), Chelsea House, Volume IV: 1922–1928, p. 3462
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 9bf22fd54485a618914d7980a0ab6c4dfa27500118dac1fa81b8d164f2fee6c5
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