Andrew Roberts | Remarks on Winston Churchill

The study of statesmanship is central to the teaching mission of Hillsdale College, which includes cultivating the moral and intellectual virtues. The classics teach that we can best understand the art of statesmanship by studying those who have a reputation for it. One sees prudence, the virtue of the statesman, most clearly through the words and actions of statesmen as they pursue justice in the midst of the obstacles and necessities of political life.
Winston Churchill’s career presents an unsurpassed opportunity for such study because it was so long, because the facts of it are so well recorded, and because its quality was so very high. His career spanned the most traumatic events in history-the largest wars, the greatest depression, the worst tyrannies, and the most rapid advancement of technology and therefore of human power. As he faced these crises, Churchill wrote with profuse detail and with great ability about his doings, thereby leaving one of the richest records of human undertaking.
Hillsdale College has launched the Churchill Project to propagate a right understanding of Churchill’s record. Through the Churchill Project, it will complete the remaining volumes of The Churchill Documents, a series in the official biography of Winston Churchill. It will archive the papers of Martin Gilbert, Churchill’s official biographer from 1968 to 2012. And it will promote Churchill scholarship through national conferences, scholarships, online courses, and an endowed faculty chair. Through these endeavors, Hillsdale College will establish itself at the forefront of Churchill research, scholarship, and analysis.

[@christaselig6735]

I love Andrew Roberts, and the opportunity to hear his thoughts and to share his research is always a genuine delight and pleasure.

[@robertj.5012]

Is there anyone more interesting and genuine and thought provoking than Larry Arndt? Hillsdale is exactly the place for a man of his caliber.

[@melvincunningham5660]

Happy Birthday!

[@NorwayT]

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[@lynnettespolitics9656]

Gracious, that comment to Von Ribbentrop about Italy HAD to have come from Churchill!

[@aon10003]

According to rumors. He was present on the MI6 dinner party whos official purpose was to introduce Trumps Manager Mike Flynn but whos real purpose was to set a honeytrap. That is what i want to hear about.

[@voraciousreader3341]

How many books have you read? Or do you expect people to do that for you? I’ll be nice and give you a few facts, which you could have found yourself in about 20 seconds on the internet: Churchill died when Trump was 20 years old, and he had been suffering from senility for several years beforehand. So are you saying that Trump had a manager from the age of 15 or so?? And there is no way I will believe that the person you named could ever have been invited to such a dinner, unless he was a busboy, or something. See how silly you can appear when you don’t do your own fact checking?? It’s so easy now, too, so there’s absolutely no excuse for making such ridiculous mistakes.

[@nmiipsych5238]

Stephen Fry has bipolar disorder and is brilliant.. As debilitating as the illness is, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Churchill did meet the diagnostic criteria for the milder type of BD (type II) As for him leading meetings until very late, one of the characteristics of BD is a significant reduction in need for sleep and an increase in energy, so this is hardly a counter argument

[@voraciousreader3341]

May I ask, are you a psychologist or psychiatrist?? No, I didn’t think so, because I happen to _be_ a psychologist who has also read at least 12 biographies of Churchill and several more about his parents, but even if I’d never read any, I know that doing historical psychological diagnoses is simply never done by reputable clinicians, unless there is a mountain of information available. Such is not the case for Churchill. The most important information-that derived from a personal evaluation, where the professional collects a great deal of information directly from the subject-cannot be obtained. If people believe that they can make *ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSES* using a few documentaries, or even that and a few history books, *then I would bloody well love to know why all of us can spend up to 10 YEARS* working to obtain a clinical psychology PhDs, longer for psychiatrists, not to mention passing tests to obtain the necessary licenses. Please do us all a favor and stop making absolutely unfounded statements about bipolar disorder or any DSM 5 disorder for _anyone,_ because you most assuredly lack the credentials to do so.

[@willhovell9019]

Stick to Napoleon Roberts. Valueless 'insights' into Churchill. Not as bad as the Johnson biography. George VI preferred Atlee