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Originally Posted by Chock

Yup Churchill himself may be quoted often, but he wasn't averse to paraphrasing and nicking bits from quotes himself. Probably his most famous quote, which inspired the nickname for the Battle of Britain pilots, i.e. the one about 'so much being owed by so many, to so few', was certainly a tweek of Shakespeare's St Crispin's day speech from Henry V: 'We happy few, we band of brothers'.

Chock

I think Churchill was one of those rare folks who had a real appreciation for his place in history, and never opened his mouth without thinking as much. And as AL has said, he was a politician.

If you read "Panzer Leader" by Heinz Guderian, you will see many criticisms of Churchill for what Guderian believes to be historical innaccuracies.