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According to the The Estate of Winston S. Churchill, “The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and Churchill’s inspiring speech ‘The Few’ remind us of the power of words as well as the power of weapons to shape history. This collection of quotations from the speeches, writings, thoughts and sayings of Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) helps us understand – his adventuring, military service, political career, war leadership and statesmanship aside – the key role his words played in making him a household name a lifetime ago, a dominant figure of the twentieth century and one of the most quotable figures in all history. Packed with nuggets of wisdom and sparkling with flashes of rapier wit, this app is a pocket compendium of the very best Churchillisms. This is the only iPhone app authorised by The Estate of Sir Winston Churchill and is compiled by the eminent Churchill expert Richard Langworth.
The Official Wit & Wisdom of Sir Winston Churchill iPhone App includes:
• Over 250 of Winston Churchill’s most powerful, pithy and witty quotations, all verified and dated.
• 16 excerpts from Churchill’s greatest speeches.
• A full biographical timeline providing historical context to the quotations and speeches.
• Red Herrings: the true sources and stories behind many of the famous sayings falsely attributed to Churchill
The Official Wit & Wisdom of Sir Winston Churchill iPhone App is avalable via Apple’s iTunes App Store (US$1.99) here.
[Attribution: The Telegraph. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Trvth” for the heads up.]
WC. “If you’re young & not a liberal, you don’t have a heart, if you’re old & not a conservative, you don’t have a brain.” I’ve got a brain!!
“If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.”
The quote above is often attributed to Churchill, but there is no proof that he ever said it, although it is the absolute truth.
Young liberals suckle on the Government teat.
35 plus conservatives feed the Government so the teat works for those liberal bastards.
“The Americans do always the right thing. After trying everything else.”
However how is this Mac news?! Or is it an ad?
God we so need Churchill in this country right now.
“For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket trying to lift himself up by the handle.” – Winston
Why do people STILL ask “How is this Mac News?” – Winston Churchill?
You don’t make the poor richer by making the rich poorer
— Winston Churchill
Being a big Churchill fan, I’ll buy. He was the greatest leader of the last century and among the greatest of all time.
Money well spent.
I’d rather see an app with quotes from the wisdom of Noam Chomsky, a true intelligentsia.
I read about this guy who helped the poor and healed the sick. He inspired others to do so. He threw a tantrum against exploitation hypocrisy in a church. If only conservative’s might somehow hear about his message and try to emulate it.
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.” – Winston Curchill
Don’t get me wrong, I like Churchill and I think we should read him carefully today. But this is no Mac news!
Libs,
Try again:
Conservatives give about 30% more to charity than liberals.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2682730
Caring about people means helping them to help themselves, not locking them into a cycle of government dependency and perpetual poverty.
I’m always amazed that the poor and minorities keep voting Democrat in the US. Democrats have been mostly in power in the US for decades and you’re still poor!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
You’re voting to keep yourselves in slavery. WAKE TF UP!!! On the public dole and in public housing is no way to live a life.
THIS IS WHAT VOTING FOR OBAMA GOT YOU SUCKERS:
Finances are a major issue for a larger number of Americans now that more are categorized as living in poverty, according to new U.S. Census data. The report showed that the number increased to 14.3 percent in 2009 from 13.2 percent the previous year, which is the highest level since 1994.
43.6 Million Americans Living in Poverty
The Census Bureau’s data provided chilling information on the state of our economy: There were 43.6 million Americans earning an income that placed them below the poverty line in 2009. Unfortunately, that’s just part of the story of the sad state of the American economy.
According to the Census report, the inflation-adjusted income of the median household (which would land in the middle of the populace) fell 4.8 percent between 2000 and 2009. This means median income is currently in a worse position than it was in the 1970s when, despite high unemployment and inflation, it managed to rise 1.9 percent.
Experts who have looked at the Census data say it only proves how difficult a state our economy is in and that it may take quite a lot of time for us to see an America that we can call prosperous–or even normal.
We begin on November 2nd. We stop bowing to foreign rulers, we stop trying to incite class warfare, and we start being Americans once again!
@First2010then…
LOL, who you gonna vote for, Glenn Beck? Or Rush? Sorry to tell you but you can only elect some politicians – and Republicans are even the more liberal liberals than Obama when it comes to spending. However, did I mention that this has nothing to do with Mac News?
MDN, DO YOU GET PAID FOR THIS AD?!
Perhaps MDN simply thought that this was an iOS app worthy of discussion, and was not attempting to make any sort of political statement. Regardless, I appreciate being informed of its existence.
Churchill is very highly regarded by many people. The content of his speeches and writing offers much of value to modern society, regardless of your political leanings. I fail to see why some people feel the need to label things in order to justify discounting them as worthless. If your mind is closed to any ideas that might conflict with your current beliefs, then it can no longer effectively grow or adapt.
Intelligent dissent and debate are the keys to improving understanding leading to future success. We need long term vision combined with the willingness to take the difficult steps necessary to bring that vision to fruition.
the Beatles wil be next…..
@First 2010:
Wow, does your comment sum up the Standard Conservative Response (page 2 of the handbook): “Prove Obama sucks by pointing to how bad the economy is” etc. You point out the poverty level in 2009 being the “highest since 1994” as proof of how Democrats ruined everything. Um, who was president during the years 1992 to 2000, when poverty was lower? Which Republican was that? And how was the economy when Bush took over in 2000? Oh, balanced budget and a surplus you say? Wow, Barack HUSSEIN Obama really screwed that up good.
Stop repeating whatever Fox News tells you to say and troll somewhere else.
In regards to the article, let’s not forget that Churchill very nearly started World War III immediately at the end of WWII by insisting on an invasion of Russia. He was practically forced out of office. No one is perfect, learn from the good AND the bad when studying history.
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Well, aren’t we full of ourselves in true Baaston patrician fashion. If you have studied Churchill as I have, you would find your inspid accusations about Churchill to be wildly inaccurate. The British electorate, having suffered years of war brought by the Nazis, wanted a peacetime government, and felt that Clement Atlee was better suited to lead Great Britain into peacetime. Given Atlee’s tenture, you can see how that turned out.
I suggest that you re-read Churchill’s famous Iron Curtain speech, which proved to be quite prescient. Churchill clearly understood the threat posed by Stalin, and was fully aware the the Soviets under Stalin exterminated even more victims than did Hitler during World War II.
But apparently, your view of Churchill is that he would have brought about World War III, which of course never was the case. Churchill correctly realized the need to contain Soviet expansion, realizing at the time that Western Europe was too ravaged to have waged an effective defense should Stalin have attempted to seize the entire continent.
While the Cold War is not a happy chapter in modern history, it is a perfect application of the adage that vigilance is the price of liberty. Years later, the fall of the Berlin Wall was brought about both by popular sentiment as well as the leadership of a man truly inspired by Churchill – Ronald Regan. By patiently containing Soviet expansion without bloodshed, and forcing the Soviet military to spend its economy into oblivion, a chain of events was set into motion that resulted in the fall of the Iron Curtain about which Churchill warned.
You could do well to read the lessons of history. If you felt that Churchill was reckless in standing up to the despotism of Hitler and Stalin, you may want to read more about a man you appear, based on your words above, to greatly admire: Neville Chamberlin.
Appeasement and bowing to evil does not bring about “peace in our time,” Churchill clearly understood that. Sadly, it is a lesson too many leaders since then do not comprehend.
If these posts weren’t so pathetic in their simplistic “conservatives rule!” myopia, they’d be funny…
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest excuses in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
–John Kenneth Galbraith
Who is more selfish, the conservative that seeks to better himself and profit from his efforts or the liberal that seeks to confiscate the wealth and productivity of others and redistribute it ad he sees fit.
@ theloniousMac
I agree. Outlawing slavery, laws against monopolies,
getting rid of child labor, standards for safe drugs and
food, administrating fiscal responsibility in financial
institutions,etc.etc. have all contributed to less profits
and “confiscation of the wealth and productivity of
conservatives”
I like the Churchill quotes:
“I’m just preparing my impromptu remarks.”
“I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.” (so ahead of his time, he even passed comment about the Zune!)
and
“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.”
@Bartsimpsonhead
Actually…
‘Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.’
.. is much more typically Churchillian pomposity. The language of the era is important.
How is this Mac news?
Everyone knows Churchill was a Mac user.