Special Sub-Topic: Quotes From Statesmen And Politicians Authored by: flem-ish Sub-topic of: Political Science & History

What did Winston Churchill have to offer the day he became Prime Minister?

blood, toil, tears and sweat. Another famous remark made by Sir Winston was that 'an 'Iron Curtain' had descended across the Continent'.It was not made in the British Parliament , but ..at Fulton in the U.S.A. , 1946. Nobody can deny he had some sense of future evolutions!

What did Sir Winston say to Hitler in a speech on 14 July 1941? You do your worst, and we will do our ______?

best. Sir Winston was well able to be funny too. Of his own nation, the British, he said: 'they are the only people who like to be told how bad things are - who like to be told the worst.'

What sort of communism did Alexander Dubcek promote in 1968?

Communism with a human face. Leonid Brezhnev did not quite agree, and crushed the so-called Prague Spring. There soon appeared on the walls of Prague a graffiti: 'Ex Oriente Lux'.- 'The clever chaps come from the East!'

How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt define a radical? A man with both his feet firmly in ________?

air.

What was, in the opinion of FDR, the only thing the Americans had to fear ?

fear itself. Ronald Reagan too occasionally had a witty moment. When he had to be operated on , he told the surgeons: 'Please, assure me that you are all Republicans.'

With what remark did Joseph Stalin minimize the importance of the Roman-Catholic Church and its Pope ? By asking how many _______?

divisions the Pope had. Stalin made this remark when a French politician (Pierre Laval )had sugggested that Stalin should introduce freedom of religion for the Catholic Church in Russia in exchange for moral support against Hitler.

Which of the Russian communist leaders made the remark that an 'ally had to be watched just like an enemy'?

Trotzky. Of the inventors of a political system that did not trust the large majority of its own citizens, such views could be expected and are hardly surprising indeed.- Alternative spelling for Kruschev: Khrushchev. Other ways of rendering the Cyrillic alphabet spelling can be found too: e.g. users.aol.com.claywalk (slash)reagan...

Which U.S.A. president said: 'The buck stops here' ?

Truman. Other quotations from Truman: 'If you cannot stand the heat , stay out of the kitchen'. - 'A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years'.- And:'It's a recession when your neighbour loses his {job;} it's a depression when you lose your own.'

Which 20th century politician said all of this : (a) 'I love being at the centre of things. (b) 'I wasn't lucky, I deserved it.' (c) No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions ,and no money.'?

Margaret Thatcher. She also said: 'Let our children grow tall, and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.', and 'WE are the peace movement.'

Who promoted the idea that you should speak softly, but carry a big stick ?

Theodore Roosevelt. In a speech, at Minnesota State Fair, on 2 Sept. 1901.