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Churchill on Healthcare

October 19, 2009

I am hoping you can place in context a statement by Winston Churchill, which has been offered to show that he would support current U.S. heath care reform proposals. My own Catholic parish recently published the aforementioned statement in its weekly bulletin. What Would Winnie Do? Here’s an interesting quote. It’s from conservative British Prime Minister [...]

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“Winston” Olbermann and the Healthcare Debate

October 19, 2009

N.B.: If Mr. Olbermann had done more research, he would know what Churchill did say about national healthcare, which is more to the point: see Churchill and Healthcare. MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann is for the proposed American healthcare reform bill, which is neither here nor there. What is interesting to Churchillians is his use of [...]

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On Baths and Bathtubs

September 22, 2009

I have spent a fruitless few hours trying to find a quote by Churchill about bathing. I interpret his remark, “why stand when you can sit down?” as suggesting that he preferred baths to showers, but recall that when he visited Russia, he said a bath there was “like lying in one’s own dirt.” Did [...]

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Youth vs. Maturity; Principle in Politics

August 10, 2009

I am trying to verify two quotes attributed to Mr Churchill. Can you assist? 1. Youth is for freedom and reform, maturity for judicious compromise and old age is for stability and repose. 2. What is the use of Parliament if it is not the place where true statements can be brought before the people? [...]

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Tests of Freedom: Italy 1944, Iran 2009

June 26, 2009

The distressing repression following the recent Iranian election reminds us once again of Churchill’s eternal relevance. In the House of Commons on 28 August 1944, he was asked how he would judge whether the new Italian government, about to replace the Fascist dictatorship of Mussolini, was a true democracy. Churchill replied: The question arises, “What [...]

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