winston churchill

     

Sir Winston Leonar Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can) (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 of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historical writer, and an artist.

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  • He said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last"
  • He died in 1965 & was buried in St. Martin's churchyard near the palace where he was born in 1874
  • 1940-1945,1951-1955
  • On May 13, 1940 he told Britain's House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat"
  • This British prime minister lived in his home of Chartwell in Westerham, Kent for the last 41 years of his life
  • This British prime minister gave a famous speech in Fulton, Missouri March 5, 1946
  • 1940:"...We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds..."
  • Brooklynite Jennie Jerome was the mother of this famous statesman
  • In his first speech as prime minister May 13, 1940 he delivered the blood, toil, tears & sweat line
  • In 1963 this former British P.M. became an honorary citizen of the U.S. by an act of Congress
  • This ex-British PM announced in 1963 he wouldn't run again for Parliament, to which he was first elected in 1900
  • Canada's Hamilton River was renamed in 1965 to honor this British statesman
  • In 1941, a collection of his speeches was published under the title "Blood, Sweat, & Tears"
  • He's the only British prime minister to win a Nobel Prize for Literature
  • In 1942 this PM said beating Rommel wasn't the beginning of the end but might be the end of the beginning
  • During the Boer War, this future British prime minister escaped from a prison camp in Pretoria
  • In 1963, 8 years after he resigned as British p.m., he was made an honorary U.S. citizen
  • Elizabeth II has seen 10 different prime ministers com & go, from this man to Tony Blair
  • This leader rebounded from his Gallipoli disaster in WWI to have his "finest hour" in WWII
  • "The Last Lion" is William Manchester's bestselling bio of this WWII British prime minister
  • He regularly attended Masonic lodge meetings until 1911 when he became England's first Lord of the Admiralty
  • In a 1972 film Simon Ward played this prime minister from ages 19 to 26
  • He was 65 when he began his term as prime minister May 10, 1940
  • He won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature partly for his 6-volume history of World War II
  • When Nazi Rudolf Hess landed in Britain, this man told Parliament, "The imagination is baffled by the facts"
  • This leader said "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat", not "blood, sweat & tears"
  • The Times, Jan. 25, 1965: this man "Dies"; "the Greatest Englishman of His Time"
  • In Jack Higgins' 1975 "The Eagle Has Landed" German troops attempt to kidnap this man
  • This PM was Time Magazine's Man of the Year for the first & last years of the 1940s, 1940 & 1949
  • This prime minister who led Britain through WWII was a prolific & talented painter as well
  • In 1899 future South Africa P.M. Louis Botha & his forces took this future British P.M., then a journalist, as prisoner
  • No. 1:A former war correspondent, in 1940 he succeeded Neville Chamberlain
  • This British PM's daughter Sarah played Fred Astaire's love interest in the 1951 film "Royal Wedding"
  • His demotion from the admiralty to a minor cabinet post in 1915 caused what he called "the black dog" of depression
  • This British prime minister must have hated his 1954 birthday portrait by Graham Sutherland; his wife destroyed it
  • From 1901-1913 this Englishman had 5 #1 U.S. best sellers of the yr. including "The Crisis" & "The Crossing"
  • On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen
  • On his post-Boer War lecture tour, this future British prime minister was once introduced by Mark Twain
  • Scenes from a 1972 film in which Simon Ward played this British prime minister include one in a Boer prison
  • "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it", once quipped this British prime minister & he did!
  • In 1953 this British politician won the Nobel Prize for his biographical & historical works & for his oratory
  • In '43 this prime minister man was one of the Big 3 who met in Teheran
  • In July of 1945 England said, "Thanks, we'll take it from here" & booted this prime minister from office
  • JFK said that in wartime speeches, this honoree "mobilized the English language and sent it into battle"
  • U.S.-born Jennie Jerome married a lord in 1874; that same year, she gave birth to this future prime minister
  • Later a prime minister, he covered the Boer war as a correspondent for the London Morning Post
  • He's the Brit seen here years before he was prime minister
  • …He covered the Boer War for the Morning Post, got captured, escaped & became a national hero
  • Later PM, as First Lord of the Admiralty he took the blame for the disasterous Gallipoli invasion
  • "The Last Lion" & "Lion of Britain"

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  • We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill
  • Sometimes it is not enough to do our best, we must do what is required. -Winston Churchill
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  • "El éxito es la capacidad de ir de fracaso en fracaso sin perder entusiasmo".Winston Churchill
  • Si destruyes un mercado libre creas mercado negro. Si creas diez mil regulaciones destruyes todo el respeto por la Ley. (Winston Churchill)
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  • If you're going through hell, keep going. -Winston Churchill
  • "You will never reach your destination if you stop to throw stones at every dog that barks along your path." Winston Churchill.
  • "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." –Winston Churchill
  • "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Sir Winston Churchill.
  • Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it. Sir Winston Churchill
  • Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm ~ Winston Churchill — at Makadara...
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  • The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -Winston Churchill
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  • Le succès n'est pas final, l'échec n'est pas fatal: c'est le courage de continuer qui compte. Winston Churchill
  • "Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing." #Quote - Winston Churchill
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  • "Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." Winston Churchill #goals #success
  • "You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." Winston Churchill
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  • Sir Winston Churchill~ The power of man has grown in every sphere except over himself.
  • RT @DANIELdoiser: Un fanático es alguien que no puede cambiar de opinión y no quiere cambiar de tema. (Winston Churchill)
  • “El éxito es la capacidad de ir de fracaso en fracaso sin perder entusiasmo”. Winston Churchill.
  • To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. Winston Churchill
  • RT @geoff_deweaver: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." ― Winston Churchill #leadershi…
  • Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.Winston Churchill
  • RT @TrainingMindful: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." ~ Winston Churchill
  • RT @onebiggins: In Marrakech last week staying at La Mamounia, no wondet it was Winston Churchill's favourite hotel. It was simply the best.