If we talk about World War II, then the first character that comes to mind is undoubtedly Adolf Hitler. Had it not been for the Germans’ attempt to colonize all of Europe and bring it under Nazi rule, the war would never have broken out and one of the darkest periods in 20th century history would go unremembered.
But Hitler was not the only one involved in this war. The German dictator has many important secondary characters in history, for both sides, who have gone down in history for their involvement or involvement in the conflict. One of these most relevant characters, especially on the opposite side of history, we are talking about the British Winston Churchill, who said some well-known and important phrases throughout his life.
Who was Winston Churchill?
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was the Prime Minister of Great Britain and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. There is no doubt that Churchill is remembered for his eloquence and his crucial role as the leader of England during World War II. After joining the British Army, he served in India and fought in the Sudan. He then tried to jump into politics, but failed to win a seat. Churchill then became a war correspondent in South Africa during the Boer War, during which he was captured and fled.
Family
Son of Lord Randolph Churchill and Jenny Jerome. His mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, tripped and fell while she was hunting. A few days later, he broke water in a horse-drawn carriage in a rough area.
According to another version, Lady Randolph, daughter of a New York businessman with a passion for horse racing, gave birth to a bloodied Winston in one of the smallest rooms of the mansion after a dinner by mail, his great institute. Blood is associated with the cream color of English nobles. On his father’s side, he was a direct descendant of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, hero of the war against Louis XIV of France. Her father, Lord Randolph, was a gambler and alcoholic who was almost certain that he had syphilis which paralyzed his body and ended his life at the age of 46. On September 2, 1908, he married Clementine Hozier at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, by whom he had five children: Diana, Randolph, Sara, Marigold and Mary. Her son Randolph and grandsons Nicholas Soames and Winston were also in politics.
Politics
In 1904, he joined the Liberal Party. In 1908, he was elected Minister of Commerce in the Liberal Cabinet of Herbert Henry Asquith. During World War I, his role was controversial due to naval problems and his support of the tragic Gallipoli campaign that forced him to resign from the Navy Department. Churchill then decided to join Lloyd George’s coalition government (1917-1922). In 1922 he was expelled from Parliament for the defeat of the Liberal Party and returned in 1924 as Prime Minister in Baldwin’s Conservative government (1924-1929).
Second World War
During the difficult days of World War II, Winston Churchill struggled to obtain military aid and moral support from the United States. When the Soviet Union and the United States went to war in 1941, they formed the “Grand Alliance.”
By 1945, he was a figure admired throughout the world. His speeches honored him as one of history’s great orators: a speech entitled Les rares, delivered to encourage RAF pilots, who fought in the air in August 1940 with the Luftwaffe (“never before were so many people in debt »), or In 1946, he advocated at the University of Zurich for European integration.
He rejected popular demands for post-war social reform, which led to his defeat by the Labor Party in the 1945 election. In 1951, he became prime minister again. In 1955 he resigned due to his health problems.
The 10 best-known phrases of Winston Churchill
Next, we are going to leave you with the best phrases and the most recognizable within his history and his life, we are going to read them.
- “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm”
- “There are three kinds of people: those who worry to death, those who work themselves to death, and those who are bored to death.”
- “I am optimistic. It does not seem very useful to be anything else”.
- “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often».
- “Attitudes are more important than aptitudes”.
- “I have often had to eat my words and found that they were a balanced diet.”
- “A fan is someone who can’t change their mind and doesn’t want to change the subject.”
- “The problem of our time is that men do not want to be useful but important.”
- “An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.”
- Politics is almost as exciting as war and no less dangerous. In war they can kill us once; in politics, many times.