Who is Winston Churchill- The Leader and The Lion
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The Honorable Sir Winston Churchill's Career
Soldier, politician and finally prime minister, Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest 20th-century heroes. A man of action, born in Oxfordshire, England, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), was the leader of Great Britain during the Second World War.
His life was a metaphor for excellence as he overcame a serious childhood stutter to become one of his century's greatest orators. He was a noted writer as well, awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Churchill recommended a hard-line policy toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s. In May 1940, he became Prime Minister. Churchill led with imagination and boldness. "I may not be the lion," Churchill proclaimed, "but it was left to me to give the lion's roar." The powerful leader held his country together against Hitler's "monster of wickedness."
"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 honor and good sense," Churchill confidently said, a tribute to determination and the human spirit.
Queen Elizabeth II conferred on Churchill the dignity of Knighthood and invested him with the insignia of the Order of the Garter in 1953.
Whether clenching his signature cigar between his teeth or holding his hand upright in a "V" for Victory sign, Churchill inspired his people to withstand the air raids and military defeats, to carry on through their finest hour of fortitude and victory.
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill at a Glance
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, historian, writer, and artist. He is the only British Prime Minister who has ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature and only the second person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
During his army career, Churchill saw action in India, in the Sudan...
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Best Little Stories of Winston Churchill by C. Brian Kelly
Winston Churchill was one of the most extraordinary figures of the twentieth century. Able to see clearly when so many were blind to the threat posed by Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, Churchill was strong in a time of crisis and inspired nations to greatness. His colorful and stimulating prose, his perseverance in facing adversity, his prodigious contributions to literature, his devotion to the ideal of liberty, and his courageous leadership are there for all to see and follow.
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Churchill: A Study in Greatness by Geoffrey Best
"We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm." --Churchill
Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership in the Second World War once made him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack from revisionists. In Churchill: A Study in Greatness one of Britain's most distinguished historians rebuts these charges and makes sense of this extraordinary man and his long controversial, colourful, contradictory and heroic career. Geoffrey Best brings out both his strengths and his w...1 point
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Churchill: A Life by Martin Gilbert
Distilled from years of meticulous research and documentation, filled with material unavailable when the earliest books of the official biography's eight volumes went to press, Churchill is a brilliant marriage of the hard facts of the public life and the intimate details of the private man. The result is a vital portrait of one of the most remarkable men of any age as well as a revealing depiction of a man of extraordinary courage and imagination.0 points
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Never Give In: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches by Winston S. Churchill
Who can forget the words "We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" They were uttered in 1940 by one of the 20th century's greatest orators, Winston Churchill, eager to spur on his countrymen in their fight against Nazi Germany. Now the great man's grandson has gathered Churchill's most memorable words, spanning more than half a century, in times of war and in tim...0 points
The Wisdom of Winston Churchill
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
Eating words has never given me indigestion.
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
I am easily satisfied with the very best.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Never, never, never give up.
No crime is so great as daring to excel.
No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.
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