Winston Churchill: British prime minister who led the country through the Second World War, 1874 to 1965.
Often credited to Winston Churchill · Churchill never said it; Quote Investigator traces the idea to a 1938 Budweiser beer advertisement ("success was never final and failure never fatal. It was courage that counted") and finds the Churchill credit only from the 1960s.
Winston Churchill · Said in the House of Commons on 4 November 1952, in his second spell as Prime Minister.
Winston Churchill · Speech to the boys of Harrow School, 29 October 1941; usually shortened online to "Never, never, never give up", which he did not say.
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