“I am finished.”

—  Winston S. Churchill

On losing his position at the Admiralty in 1915. Said to Lord Riddell, as cited in Maxims and Reflections, Chapter I (On Himself), Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Company (1947).
Early career years (1898–1929)

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

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