Comments on: Motivational Posters: Winston Churchill Edition (Part I)

By: TomH

TomH — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:08:04 +0000

We have knocked all the great men down, we put them on pedestals only to smash tehm with the wonderful gift of retrospection. He was a man of his time and nothing detractors say can take that away. Unfortunately men of this calibre are have been neutered by the rise of political correctness.

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:51:53 +0000

One of my favorites was a response to, I believe, being asked how he maintains his vitality. His response was quick and as always brilliant (I may be paraphrasing as I am reciting from memory):

“Economy of effort! Never stand when you can sit and never sit when you can lay down.”

Also for those who are interested if you go to archive.org and search for Wiinston Churchill in the audio section you will find around 100 of his speeches free of charge. I put them on my Mp3 player as I’m a bit of an enthusiast of great speakers.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:43:56 +0000

And Dave Z – the Dresden myth has indeed been disputed and dis-proven. Dresden was, according to records, one of the targets chosen by “Bomber” Harris as being of strategic importance for one reason or another.

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/myths/myths/he-bombed-dresden-as-payback-for-coventry

This deserves the same amount of respect as the idea that he abused alcohol or was saved from drowning by Alexander Fleming: none.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:20:50 +0000

Also, a question – why, when you post something about a figure of history, does it seem invariably that those people come crawling out of the woodwork to point out negatives, as though they were the sum total of who the person was? Do you, the reader, have negative points about you? I know I do. Those bad points do not negate any good that I have done, or try to do, any more than they do yours – why should it be so for figures of history? For myself, I feel it stems from a sense of jealousy – as though we have to knock them down and say “They weren’t so good.” In my humble opinion, all it does is demonstrate our own lack of self-worth and class when we engage in it.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:18:03 +0000

After reading some of the above comments, I wanted to direct peoples’ attention to the following links. Dave and anon (Posting something negative under the name of “anon” makes me think of the line in “Ben Hur” when the Roman makes a disparaging remark about Arabs while surrounded by about 50 of his friends – the Arab smiles and says, simply, “Bravely spoken.”), especially, may be interested in checking the page for the Churchill Center out. (www.winstonchurchill.org) It debunks myths, deals with misquotes and is a great source of information.