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    The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
    The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
    The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
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    The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill

    By Max Morris

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    For myself I am an optimist,” said legendary British politician Winston Churchill. It does not seem to be much use being anything else.”

    Have you ever wanted to deliver the ultimate Churchillian wisecrack? Give sound advice to a peer on how to deal with life’s problems? Or contribute to a heated discussion on international politics? The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill is the perfect pocket book to carry around in your arsenal as you laugh at Churchill’s devious brand of smarts and learn from his political and humanist outlook on life during the turmoil of the Second World War. Discover what he had to say about domestic politics, war and peace, power, struggles and strife, education, philosophy, and some of the biggest names of his time, including himself.

    Beautifully designed and curated, this entertaining collection compiles the wisest and wittiest Churchill quotations that speak of the politician’s enduring legacy in contemporary pop culture. Full of savvy and wisdoms, The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill is sure to delight devoted fans of history and casual readers alike.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateMar 21, 2017
    ISBN9781510715851
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      The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill - Max Morris

      DOMESTIC POLITICS

      The Admiralty has demanded six, The Treasury said we could only have four so we compromised on eight.

      ON THE FINER POINTS OF DEFENCE PROCUREMENT

      A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward… Let us have no fear of the future.

      1944

      The English never draw a line without blurring it.

      I see it is said that leaders should keep their ears to the ground. All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture.

      Don’t get torpedoed; for if I am left alone your colleagues will eat me.

      LETTER TO THEN PM DAVID LLOYD GEORGE WHO WAS VISITING RUSSIA, 1916

      Reconstructing a Cabinet is like solving a kaleidoscopic jigsaw puzzle.

      An announcement of a prospective surplus is always a milestone in a budget.

      Everyone threw blame on me. I have noticed that they nearly always do. I suppose it is because they think I shall be able to bear it best.

      ON STANDING AS A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LOSING

      If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.

      AFTER HIS ELECTION DEFEAT, 1945

      Why should I accept the Order of the Garter from His Majesty when people have just given me the Order of the Boot?

      AFTER HIS ELECTION DEFEAT, 1945

      Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it.

      ON THE BRITISH PEOPLE

      The British nation is unique in this respect: they are the only people who like to be

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