Winston Churchill and Harry Truman arrive
in Fulton, Missouri on 5 March 1946
On 5 March 1946, Winston Churchill gave his famous ‘Iron Curtain’ speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. The speech that Churchill called the ‘Sinews of Peace’ later became better known for the famous phrase it contained, ‘iron curtain’.
On 5 March 1946, Winston Churchill gave his famous ‘Iron Curtain’ speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. The speech that Churchill called the ‘Sinews of Peace’ later became better known for the famous phrase it contained, ‘iron curtain’.
But did Churchill coin the phrase?
Churchill’s first known use of the phrase was in a letter to President
Truman in May of 1945, where he wrote:
‘An iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is
going on behind. There seems little doubt that the whole of the region
Lubeck-Trieste-Corfu will soon be completely in their hands. [Following
American withdrawal] a broad band of many hundreds of miles of Russian-occupied
territory will isolate us from Poland.…it would be open to the Russians in a very
short time to advance if they chose, to the waters of the North Sea and the
Atlantic.’
Churchill
Quotes: ‘One-Liners’
A list of the best Churchill ‘one-liner’ quotes
Searching the internet will return hundreds of short quotes attributed to
Winston Churchill–many of which are incorrect. Here we examine a list of
Churchill’s best ‘one-liners’ throughout his life.
“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
—1898
“I object on principle to doing by legislation what properly belongs to
“War never pays its dividends in cash on the money it costs.” —1901
“Those who dealt in guineas were not usually of the impoverished class.”
—1903 (The guinea, 21 shillings or £1/1/0, was sometimes featured in snooty
adverts promoting high-priced goods in guineas rather than pounds.)
“Direct taxation was a great corrector of extravagance.” —1904
“The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe
without letting go.” —1905
Churchill
Quotes on Champagne
Champagne
‘A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves
are braced, the imagination is agreeably stirred, the wits become more nimble.
A bottle produces a contrary effect. Excess causes a comatose insensibility. So
it is with war, and the quality of both is best discovered by sipping. Winston
Churchill, 1898, Malakand
Field Force.
‘First things first. Get the champagne.’ Winston Churchill, 1931, New
York.
‘I could not live without Champagne. In victory I deserve it. In defeat I
need it.’ Winston Churchill, 1946
READ MORE >
READ MORE >
The Worst Form
of Government
‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world
of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed
it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all
those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’
Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947
READ MORE >
READ MORE >
Right and Consistent
‘…it is better to be both right and consistent. But if you have to
choose—you must choose to be right.’
-Winston S Churchill, 11 October 1952 in a speech to the Conservative
Party Conference.
READ MORE >
READ MORE >
No comments:
Post a Comment