“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

— Winston Churchill

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About Winston Churchill

Politician • British

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Renowned...

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