Churchill’s Washington Humor, Part 2
Continued from Part 1…
Winston Churchill was the only foreigner to have made three speeches to joint sessions of Congress. His last was in 1952—whose text I was asked for by Nelson Mandela’s representatives when Mandela, a Churchill admirer, himself addressed a joint session. In his 1952 speech Churchill famously told Congress:
I am honoured indeed by these experiences which I believe are unique for one who is not an American citizen. It is also of great value to me, on again becoming the head of His Majesty’s Government, to come over here and take counsel with many trusted friends and comrades of former anxious days.…
