“Time after time, history ran over the luddites and romanticists, those who sought to restore the old and delay the new. And every time, history did it with faster, more reliable and more advanced vehicles.”
Winston Churchill
Churchill’s A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is often cited as the source of this quotation. However, despite a thorough review of all four volumes, we have been unable to locate it in that series or in any of Churchill’s other writings.
This quote is commonly attributed to Winston Churchill, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
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