#winston

In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off the drift to exploring a deal with Hitler. The determination of the larger group trumped the tentativeness of the smaller, and Churchill fulfilled his role as leader by disentangling himself from defeatism--one of his singular achievements at the end of May 1940. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#determination #group-dynamics #winston-churchill #friendship

It is indeed strange, given the heavy emphasis placed by chroniclers on Churchill's sheer magnitude of personality, that the ingredient of pure ambition should be so much ignored or even disallowed. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#biography #larger-than-life #personality #winston-churchill #love

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world. — Winston S. Churchill ↗

— Ellen Brazer

#espionage #historical-novel #history #holocaust #intrigue

We wanted to solve robot problems and needed some vision, action, reasoning, planning, and so forth. We even used some structural learning, such as was being explored by Patrick Winston. ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#being #even #explored #forth #learning

I'm the American Winston Churchill. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#churchill #i #winston #winston churchill

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#did #dissolution #economy #i #intention

It's a good thing Winston Churchill was around before the shallow age of television. He might never have become one of the greatest leaders of all time. ↗

— Neil Cavuto

#age #around #become #before #churchill

All the nut eaters and food faddists I have ever known, died early after a long period of senile decay - Winston Churchill ↗

— Stuart Finlay

#winston-churchill #ww #business

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David. ↗

— Luke Ford

#abraham lincoln #books #churchill #david #heroes

Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table. ↗

— Ian Botham

#churchill #great #table #winston #winston churchill