Liberalism and the Social Problem

by Winston S. Churchill

Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of England during some of the most important moments in history. In 1953 Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature. This collection of early speeches by Churchill cover such topics as the adoption of constitutions for the defeated Boer republics of Transvaal and the Orange River Colony and the 'People's Budget,' a new wealth redistribution scheme of the Liberal Government, and the House of Lords and the battle with the government challenging the power of the Commons. This historically significant collection of speeches gives the reader an insight into the mind of one of the 20th century's greatest statesmen.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, History, Philosophy, Amazon

216 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1972

About the author

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, politician and writer, as prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955 led Great Britain, published several works, including The Second World War from 1948 to 1953, and then won the Nobel Prize for literature.

William Maxwell Aitken, first baron Beaverbrook, held many cabinet positions during the 1940s as a confidant of Churchill.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can), served the United Kingdom again. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill also served as an officer in the Army. This prolific author "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."

Out of respect for Winston_Churchill, the well-known American author, Winston S. Churchill offered to use his middle initial as an author.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston...

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, wonderful to read my great hero's great words as he fought the good fight that many of us are still fighting today. He was the great liberal, and he never went anywhere without a speech. President Obama would do well to read those collected here.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knowing nothing of the details of English history and politics this was an interesting look at the concerns of the day during the early 1900s.

[Matt Stucky · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a string of speeches given by Winston Churchill during the first decade of the 20th century. My rating for the book really could be best suited as 'not necessary', either you're interested in history or you aren't. I enjoyed seeing the history of Britain at the time and their politics that led them into liberalist policies.

At the time of these speeches, Churchill was quite young, late-20's to mid-30's, but highly educated on political processes and history. I would almost say he was more of a populist for the time, but one that actually helped put some of these popular ideas into place through his speeches. He encouraged social programs that people may not have wanted until he explained the need for them. It was as though he was building people's political ideals into their own minds.

Many of these policies were later implemented in the US (FDR comes to mind), including welfare programs, social security programs (although Churchill, even then, set them not to start until 70 years of age), and a form of WorkOne (unemployment job searches). The speeches even go into the need for taxes on the wealthy and on property and the need to get rid of food taxes. While his speeches are a bit long-winded for today, they would make for quite interesting food-for-thought in today's America.

[Raymond R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although these collection of speeches by Winston Churchill took place well over one hundred years ago, his championship of conservatism is only magnified. His eloquence and explanations of what should be obvious do not wane and provide further evidence the man was truly a gifted orator and champion of conservatism the world could well use today. As a caution to the reader I only rated the book at 4 stars because it's focus as it should be are on English politics at the dawn of the 20th Century.

[June G · Rating 5 out of 5]

The amazing maze.
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[Whitlaw Tanyanyiwa Mugwiji · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read I enjoyed it a lot although some of the speeches are plain ordinary