What is Winston Churchill saying in this quote?
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. I was wondering what he is exactly saying in this quote
Do you recall Winstin Churchill's famous quote, "The only thing we have to fear, . . ."?
Good Lord! Churchill did not say that. It was said by J.F.Kennedy in his State of the Union address. The correct quotation is :- "THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS , FEAR ITSELF." He also added : ' let us not fear to negotiate nor negotiate out of fear'. May Churchill's soul rest in peace! Amen!!
Why did Winston Churchill say this?
He is referring to the march of Socialism and Communism into Eastern Europe and China. After the Allies prevailed against the Nazis, part of the division of previously free countries was according to who would "protect" those countries from such atrocities occurring again. After the "Cold War" began, the Berlin Wall was built through the middle of Berlin, Germany. West Germany and East Germany were formed, and everything the Allies had fought to liberate to the east of East Germany ceased to exist as Churchill or Truman would have hoped. It was not until 1988, when Ronald Reagan made his famous "tear down this wall" speech that the Iron Curtain fell and the Cold War came to an end. This was the same time that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collapsed and the individual states tried to form their own democratic countries. Churchill said this in mourning for the democracy he thought he had protected through his participation as Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.
Meaning of this famous quote by Winston Churchill?
It wa after the Battle of Britain. The RAF had just fought off the Lutwaffe, when it was highly outnumbered. Pilots often flew double shifts to fight the Germans. The RAF had saved Britain. So, basically, Churchill was saying the enitire of Britian owed their lives to these few pilots.
What does Winston Churchill's famous quote of "To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war" mean?
Yes, that is what he meant. You are right - you see, you knew it all along!
Winston Churchill is credited with saying "if you're under 30 and not a liberal, you don't have a heart, but if you are over 30 and not conservative, you don't have a brain". Why?
It appears that Churchill never said any such thing.[1] In my admittedly less than scholarly researches, I discovered the earliest manifestation of the quote in a Freakonomics blog was attributed to John Adams by Thomas Jefferson, “A boy of 15 who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at 20.”[2]The above mentioned blog credits Francois Guizot (1787-1874) with saying, “Not to be a republican at 20 is proof of want of heart; to be one at 30 is proof of want of head.” An article in the Quote Investigator attributes Edmund Burke via Jules Claretie, “He who is not a républicain at twenty compels one to doubt the generosity of his heart; but he who, after thirty, persists, compels one to doubt the soundness of his mind.”And then there is the version that I remember Churchill saying. “A man who has not been a socialist before 25 has no heart. If he remains one after 25 he has no head”, actually said by King Oscar II of Sweden.For those who like such things the Quote Investigator article is an entertaining read. If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No BrainFootnotes[1] Quotes Falsely Attributed to Winston Churchill - The International Churchill Society[2] John Adams Said it First - Freakonomics
How much alcohol did Winston Churchill drink per day?
Conveniently, I just saw a relevant post on Reddit last night: A note from Winston Churchill's doctor for alcohol during his trip to America during prohibitionThis image is of a note from Churchill's doctor to allow him to drink alcohol (medicinally?) during his trip to the US in 1932—while Prohibition was still happening.The note says "[t]he quantity is naturally indefinite, but the minimum requirements would be 250 cubic centimeters." 250 cm^3 is the same as 250 mL, so according to this, the minimum that Churchill would drink at meal time was 250 mL of spirits, or 1/4 liter!Some quick math says that's about 5.7 shots per meal. Considering a man of his stature likely ate 3 meals per day, that's saying that he's likely to drink a full 750 mL bottle of spirits per day. I guess Churchill could put 'em down ;-)A bit of further research turns up that Churchill tended to drink the following (from How to drink like Winston Churchill):the "Churchill Martini”, which is gin poured over ice while vermouth is presented in the same room.In a letter to his wife, he mentions drinking “champagne at all meals & buckets of claret & soda in between.” Based on this, it's likely that he preferred drinking champagne with his meals, not hard liquor. (Claret is a dry red wine)A drink which his children called a 'Papa Cocktail’: a tipple of Johnnie Walker Red Label covering the bottom of a glass, then filled with water and sipped throughout the day.Churchill often drank brandy in the evening after dinner. When he visited the White House for Christmas in 1941, President Roosevelt instructed his wife to make sure they were stocked up on brandy.Churchill loved champagne; his favorite was Pol Roger. In 1984 Pol Roger’s new prestige champagne Cuvée was named after Winston Churchill.
Was Sir Winston Churchill really a drunk?
Paul Reid is a co-author of an autobiography of Churchill. Today he was on an American tv show, Morning Joe, and he was joking with the panel about Winston Churchill being intoxicated from age 20 to when he died at 90. Reid said that Churchill would start drinking wine with breakfast, beer and champagne for lunch. He didn't mention dinner. But if Churchill really was an alcoholic, how did he live that long?
What is Winston Churchill known for?
His greatest accomplishment was as Prime Minister of the UK, ensuring the country stayed strong even during the blitz and Battle of Britain, at which point it was really just Britain against the German might.Before the French surrender he stated:"We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be."Churchil more than Stalin deserved the title m of steel. And he would lead the British to success and eventual victory with American and Russian support.He is also known for:Disaster at GallipoliJournalismWhiskyCigarsThe quote “My dear you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly”Being the only Brit every made an honorary American citizenWanting to use chemical weapons dropped via aeroplane in Iraq during an uprisingWriting a letter implying Ghand should have been executed/assassinated to one of his minions in India“Letting” millions of Indians starve (this one is up for deabate and you should self research)His experiences in the Boer WarPaintingHis many, many other roles in politicsThe series: A History of the English Speaking Peoples, and his Nobel Prize in literature before that, along with many other books and his recorded speeches.In my humble opinion, he is one of two people most important in the 21st century and its outcome, with the other being George Marshall.