Dear List members, Churchill saw the writing on the wall of history - and never failed to take the consequences. He was, you could rightfully claim, a geopolitical whistle-blower who issued quite a cavalcade of "early warnings" - e.g. on the nature of the nazi ideology, on the need for European integration, on the benefits reaped from free trade and on the evils of totalitarian communism.
Churchill knew, that expressing his view publicly came with a cost - in terms of public ridicule, election defeats and political isolation. He was ready to to pay these costs fore the sake of freedom. In a political landscape crowded with spineless opportunists (forgive me, Boris Johnson) Churchill personifies
a human quality some of us seek desperately (and in vain) among Western politicians: Political courage. Peter Adler, SwedenPeter Adler Master of Arts, editor Office +46 346 42068 Cell phone +46 70 3977078 e-mail peter.ad...@paprom.se
Den 2016-09-16 kl. 09:58, skrev Richard M. Langworth:
On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 11:00:20 PM UTC-4, Dave Turrell wrote: Would anyone care to explain why WSC will be relevant to someone born in, say, 2000? More so than Gladstone, Walpole, or Elizabeth I?A challenging question, Dave. But start with the attached. Somehow I don't see Gladstone, Walpole or Bess making the cut.--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>.Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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