“When I was a little boy I used to repeat: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again."”

— Neville Chamberlain

That is what I am doing. When I come back I hope I may be able to say, as Hotspur said in Henry IV, "Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety."

Speech at Heston Airport before his flight to Munich to meet Hitler (29 September 1938), quoted in The Times (30 September 1938), p. 12
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Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1869–1940

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“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”

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“If at first you don’t succeed, don’t try exactly the same thing again. You won’t succeed, again. Instead, have a think, evaluate, correct, modify and then try again. Creativity is an iterative process.”

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“If we fail, let us try again and again until we succeed.”

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As a response to Prime Minister Gladstone's criticism of Chamberlain's "Radical Programme," from a Speech at Warrington, cited in "Great Issues in Western Civilization, Volume II" (Donald Kagan, 1992), pg. 419.
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