“Winston Churchill once remarked that success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts,” said Ron DeSantis, bowing out of the presidential race. A book Langworth edited, Churchill By Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations, relegates it to an appendix titled “Red Herrings: False Attributions,” according to Quote Investigator, an excellent website that researches attributions. Good!”That ad copy may have been cobbled together from earlier sources, as Quote Investigator describes. “Ron DeSantis Ends Campaign With Fake Quote From Winston Churchill,” reported Forbes in an online piece by senior contributor Matt Novak shortly after DeSantis’s statement.

Source: Forbes January 22, 2024 11:52 UTC