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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

 
NUMBER: 529
AUTHOR: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965)
QUOTATION: The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars England—he should have said Britain, of course—always wins one battle—the last.
ATTRIBUTION: Prime Minister WINSTON CHURCHILL, speech at Lord Mayor’s luncheon, London, November 10, 1942.—Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897–1963, ed. Robert Rhodes James, vol. 6, p. 6693 (1974).

Eleuthérios Venizélos was a Greek statesman who lived from 1864–1936. During World War I, he championed the cause of the Allies.
SUBJECTS: England