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Sixty years birthday
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Sixty years birthday
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- Jørn Wennerstrøm
- Odense, Denmark
- Lively, inquisitive, many interests. Likes good, clever talks, crazy humour. Abhors stupidity and fanatism
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Roy Jenkins: "Winston Churchill"
Former British minister for Foreign Affairs Roy Jenkins, has done a great biography of Winston Churchill. A hugely good read, informative, learned without being stuffy, critical of WSC but also mindful of his unique qualities.
Let me quote Jenkins' last few lines from the book: " In the course of writing it (the book) I have changed my mind. I now put Churchill, with al his idosyncrasies, his indulgencies, his occasional childishness, but also his genius, his tenacity and his persistent ability, right or wrong, successful or unsucessful, to be larger than life, as the greatest human being ever to occupy 10 Downing Street.
What makes Churchill an interesting subject is to me the mere fact, had he not stood firm against the Nazi regime in Germany, it is very likely Europe as we know it would not exist today. In Great Britain, as in USA, there were vociferous proponents for an acceptance policy towards the Hitler regime. Churchill's true feat was to give voice to the opposition in UK to these ideas - and against staggering odds to keep the war going until - by a strange twist of fate - Japan plunged the USA into the war. For this he deserves my endless and heartfelt thanks and merits truly the time it takes to read Jenkins' book.
Former British minister for Foreign Affairs Roy Jenkins, has done a great biography of Winston Churchill. A hugely good read, informative, learned without being stuffy, critical of WSC but also mindful of his unique qualities.
Let me quote Jenkins' last few lines from the book: " In the course of writing it (the book) I have changed my mind. I now put Churchill, with al his idosyncrasies, his indulgencies, his occasional childishness, but also his genius, his tenacity and his persistent ability, right or wrong, successful or unsucessful, to be larger than life, as the greatest human being ever to occupy 10 Downing Street.
What makes Churchill an interesting subject is to me the mere fact, had he not stood firm against the Nazi regime in Germany, it is very likely Europe as we know it would not exist today. In Great Britain, as in USA, there were vociferous proponents for an acceptance policy towards the Hitler regime. Churchill's true feat was to give voice to the opposition in UK to these ideas - and against staggering odds to keep the war going until - by a strange twist of fate - Japan plunged the USA into the war. For this he deserves my endless and heartfelt thanks and merits truly the time it takes to read Jenkins' book.
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Think ahead, travel lightly and let your fear stay at home.
(Erling Kagge, Norwegian adventurer, mountaineer, publisher)
The door of change is opened from within
(Anonymous)
(Erling Kagge, Norwegian adventurer, mountaineer, publisher)
The door of change is opened from within
(Anonymous)
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