Monday, January 08, 2007

The Churchill Series – Jan. 8, 2006

(One of a series of weekday posts on the life of Winston S. Churchill.)

Just fun today: two examples of Churchill’s wit.

From Steven F. Hayward’s Churchill on Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity:

Concerning Arthur Balfour [,Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905,] Churchill remarked: “If you wanted nothing done, Arthur Balfour was the best man for the task. There was no one equal to him.” …

[When Clement Attlee was Prime Minister and Churchill was Leader of the Opposition, Attlee was preparing for a trip abroad. Churchill said that] “no doubt [Attlee's] afraid the when the mouse is away the cats would play.” (pg. 5)
Sorry to be so brief but duty calls.

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