Winston Churchill was a statesman, not a politician. As President John Adams once said that a politician fears man, but a statesman fears God. Winston Churchill demonstrated statesmanship. He feared not what the people thought of what he believed but that he would be held responsible before God if he did not prepare Britain and other nations for war.
The word 'politician' often brings a negative connotation to many people. Politicians are known for being deceitful. They use every possible means to get what they want or aim for--ethical or unethical. Based on these terms, Churchill was most definitely not a politician.
The difference between a politician and a statesman can be compared to the difference between values and principles. For example: the belief that terrorism is wrong is a value, but the fact that America rallied together to fight it worldwide is a principle. Here is an example of how President George W.
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English: Sir Winston Churchill.Bush was a statesman not a politician. Winston Churchill believed that Germany was building up a massive army to prepare for a large-scale war; that's a value. But he also believed that Britain, among other nations should and must prepare to resist Hitler's army and put him in his rightful place; this is a principle, a principle which he carried out to the best of his ability. He gathered as much information as he could and put it together to convince the government of Britain that the nation of Germany posed a great threat and could invade at any time. That is what qualifies Winston Churchill is a statesman.
Although, once the situation with Germany was realized, there seemed to be no hope or positives to look at, Churchill brought out those positives and gave the people the spark of hope they needed to begin to...