The Last Lion

On this day in 1874, renowned WWII leader and UK Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was born. He died in 1965 at age 90. Two favorite Churchillian quotes:

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter."

And an excerpt from a famous speech Churchill delivered before the House of Commons on June 4, 1940:

"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

They don't make them like Winston anymore.