Comments on: Winston Churchill speaks (and cries)

By: Timur T.

Timur T. — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

(beeing not an Englishspoker)
1. W. Churchill teached us to see the present moment as part of the History.
2. He showed that vision, courage and firmness can serve not only the evil but the right as well.
3. In my eyes, W. Churchill turned the European History into right – forever, I believe. Fight for the right – this is his testimony.
4. He – as every human – was mixture of good and bad. His words (on democracy as the worst, except all the others) stand on our true human nature, too.
5. Thanks for the possibility to say that.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

We had a choice between shame and war. We chose shame and we will get war – Churchill after Munich

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Re: Robert, post #7: It was something I read on aldaily.com — maybe it was one of those mythological ones. I’m no authority, I just liked it.

By: robert aldridge

robert aldridge — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Jeff – my dictionary of quotations says, “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives” Abba Eban, 1970. I didn’t know he had plagiarised it – surely someone would have noticed? Two original minds coming to the same conclusions?

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Churchill was hard to beat aand he was a master of the English language.

By: THIRDWAVEDAVE

THIRDWAVEDAVE — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

If you like reading quotes and stories from the famous, it doesn’t get any better than Churchill’s. A fan I am.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Another good one: “The Americans will always do the right thing, once they have exhausted the alternatives.”

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I heard of an exchange of letters between Churchill and George Bernard Shaw.

Shaw wrote Churchill (something like): Enclosed are two tickets for the opening of my new play, they are for you and a friend -- if you have one.

Churchill's answer: Thank you for the tickets. I regret I cannot attend the opening performance; will try to attend the second -- if there is one.

By: robert aldridge

robert aldridge — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Along with his painting, you forgot to mention that he wrote – among other things – a very readable, and, for the most part, beautifully written History of the English Speaking Peoples.”

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I’m a big Churchill fan. His leadership during WWII was exemplary. He was extraordinarily prescient, too, no doubt owing to his intelligence, experience and vast knowledge base. Reading his speeches is always a real charge for me. The only problem is that I get depressed by the turgid state of American political discourse. Even if you don’t like what Churchill happened to be saying at a given time, his verbal elegance, his wit, his erudition, make everything he says a pleasure.