"Let us never brace ourselves to our duties, so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was our finest hour!'" Those were the words of Britain's greatest 20th-century statesman, Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill was born on November 30th, 1874 as the oldest child of Lord Randolph Churchill. He is most known as the prime minister of Britain during World War II, and …
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…while he lived and after his death. He lived a fulfilled life as Britain's best known prime minister and also an artist and a writer. He was quoted in his later years of life, "I have pursued life, not without pleasure and not without greatness." He was Britain's "people man" and the word of his death saddened Britain greatly. He will always be remembered for his great contribution of saving Britain from World War II.