Quote#Wisdom
"Churchill was 'very keen, able, and broad-minded' and a 'powerful…
Quote byAlfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner · 1854–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In a letter written to the High Commissioner of Palestine, Sir Herbert Samuel, on February 5, 1921, as Churchill was preparing to take over the Colonial Office on Milner's retirement. From Martin Gilbert's "Winston Churchill, Vol. IV" (1975), p. 520, and quoted in Chris Wrigley's "Winston Churchill,.
English (original)
"Churchill was 'very keen, able, and broad-minded' and a 'powerful backer', but warned that his weakness was being 'too apt to make up his mind without sufficient knowledge'.
— Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
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