The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed o — William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed o — William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed o — William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed o — William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed o — William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
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The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed only in making it seem implausible.

— William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
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