Winston Churchill, 1874-1965

British politician and prime minister

 

Although Churchill's political philosophy was very clear from the outset (as is evidenced below), he later seems to have had a change of heart

"If I had been an Italian, I am sure I would have been with you (Mussolini) from the beginning to the end of your victorious struggle against the bestial appetites and passions of Leninism. - quoted in Literary Digest, February 26, 1927.

"Your movement (fascism) has abroad rendered a service to the whole world...Italy has shown that there is a way to combat subversive forces." - Ibid.

"Italy (under Mussolini) has demonstrated that the great mass of the people, when it is well led, appreciates and is ready to defend the honour and stability of civil society. It (fascism) provides the necessary antidote to the Russian virus. Henceforth no nation will be able to imagine that it is deprived of a last means of protection against malignant tumors, and every Socialist leader in each country ought to feel more confident in resisting rash and leveling doctrines." - Ibid