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"The
quotation usually attributed to Churchill is, "If you're not Liberal
when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not Conservative when
you're 35, you have no brain." However, the attribution is false. There
is no record of Churchill ever speaking these words, and it is highly
unlikely that he would have because Churchill himself did precisely the
opposite. He entered politics as a Conservative and was a Conservative
at age 25. He switched to the Liberal Party at age 29 and was a Liberal
at age 35. (He returned to the Conservatives at age 49.) Also, his
beloved wife, Clementine, was a life-long Liberal, and Churchill would
hardly have delivered such an indirect insult to her. "
"It
should also be remembered that "Liberal" and "Conservative" are the
proper names of British political parties and do not translate
precisely to theleft and right wings of the American political
spectrum. That is too long a subject for this space, but it can fairly
be said that Churchill's political viewpoint and guiding principles did
not change radically, despite his twice switching his allegiance. In
Churchill's own view, changes in the party, not in himself, compelled
his party switches. " |
