Comments on: Churchill the Drunk. Or: Fasten Seatbelts on Bar Stools http://localhost:8080/churchill-drunk Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Richard J. Mahoney Editor “The Quotable Winston Churchill” Second Edition 2022 http://localhost:8080/churchill-drunk#comment-61061 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 02:56:44 +0000 https://richardlangworth.com/?p=14519#comment-61061 Churchill’s views on alcohol changed with age
1898:
“ A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is agreeably stirred; the wits become more nimble. A bottle produces a contrary effect. Excess causes a comatose insensibility. So it is with war; and the quality of both is best discovered by sipping.”
1930
I have been brought and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who got drunk— except on very exceptional occasions and a few anniversaries.”
1946
“I could not live long without champagne. In victory I deserve it. In defeat I need it.”
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But none of those statements contradicts the others. -RML

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