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The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble.   Churchill, Winston

Source: WINSTON CHURCHILL, comment on May 7, 1945, after General Ismay, his wartime chief of staff, announced the news of V-E Day.Kay Halle, Irrepressible Churchill, p. 249 . · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD FRS PC PC (Can) (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was an English statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Well-known as an orator, strategist, and politician, Churchill was one of the most important leaders in modern British and world history. He won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for his many books on English and world history. Sir Winston Churchill was voted the greatest-ever Briton in the 2002 BBC poll the 100 Greatest Britons.

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