# Mr. Churchill's Profession

## Metadata
- Author: [[Peter Clarke]]
- Full Title: Mr. Churchill's Profession
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- His memoirs of World War I, published under the title The World Crisis, ran to five volumes. The book was tellingly described by Arthur Balfour, a colleague who knew him well, as ‘Winston’s brilliant Autobiography, disguised as a history of the universe’. ([Location 134](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007N6JCXU&location=134))
- The authorised edition of his Collected Works runs to thirty-four volumes. ([Location 148](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007N6JCXU&location=148))
- ‘The Declaration of Independence is not only an American document,’ Churchill declared. ‘It follows on the Magna Charta [sic] and the Bill of Rights as the third great title-deed on which the liberties of the English-speaking people are founded.’ ([Location 165](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007N6JCXU&location=165))