Humorous Winston

There is less there than meets the eye. On Prime Minister Clement Attlee, to President Truman, in 1946. When Truman defended Attlee (‘He seems a modest sort of fellow’), Churchill replied ‘He’s got a lot to be modest about.’

Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

I comforted myself by the old German saying: 'The trees do not grow up to the sky.'

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.