How Winston Churchill Saved The World

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“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” (Churchill). These are beautiful words from the famous, poet/role model Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Churchill has saved Britain, and perhaps the world, with his strategies and literature. Winston Churchill, with his brilliance succeeded in becoming knighted in Britain, all the way to Prime Minister, and author. “In 1953 Churchill was knighted, and awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in literature for his writing and oratory” (Sir Winston Leonard). “When the ministry was reconstructed under Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith in 1908, Churchill was promoted to president of the Board of Trade, with a seat in the Cabinet” (Churchill, Sir Winston). “His campaigning in the two general elections of 1910 and in the House of Commons during the passage of Parliament Act of 1911, …show more content…

“Nonetheless, in the early 1950’s he attempted to reach some sort of understanding with Salin, but was unsuccessful largely due to the strong anti-communist stance of the United States” (Sir Winston Leonard). “In January 1919 he became secretary of war. As such he presided with surprising zeal over the cutting of military expenditure” (Churchill, Sir Winston). “ A political debacle ensued that brought the shaky coalition government down in ruins, with Churchill as one of the worst casualties. Gripped by a sudden attack of appendicitis, he was not able to appear in public until two days before the election, and then only in a wheelchair. He was defeated humiliatingly by more than 10,000 votes. He thus found himself, as he said, all at once without an office, without a seat, without a party, and even without an appendix”(Churchill, Sir Winston). His power allowed him to make intelligent choices, while his strategy allowed him to implement his power most efficiently. These are a few of the amazing things he

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