Why do conservatives mistakenly quote Churchill all the time?

Question

With their if you're a conservative at 25 you have no heart, and a liberal at 35 you have no brain?

CHURCHILL NEVER SAID THAT

Churchill was in the Conservative Party at 25 and he was in the Liberal Party at 35. So why would he say something like that??? Churchill was born in 1874. He first ran for office as a Conservative. In 1904, at the age of 29, he switched from the Conservative Party to the Liberal Party. In 1924, at the age of 50, he went back into the Conservative Party.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/churchill/

STRAIGHT FROM THE CHURCHILL CENTRE

"If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain."

There is no record of anyone hearing Churchill say this. Paul Addison of Edinburgh University makes this comment: "Surely Churchill can't have used the words attributed to him. He'd been a Conservative at 25 and a Liberal at 35! and would he have talked so disrespectfully of Clemmie, who is generally thought to have been a lifelong Liberal.
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=112

NEXT!

Crusin. I get tired of conservatives lying. I think if people really knew the truth about all their lies, there wouldn't be as many conservatives as there are. Alot of the times, it isn't about having a different philosophy, as much as being completely misinformed.

For example, one of the biggest myths carried along by some is that today's southern conservative based Republican Party are heirs to Lincoln's RADICAL Republican Party of the northeast. Nothing could be further from the truth.

An additional myth is that it was actually conservatives who fought for civil rights in 60s because more Republicans voted for the 1964 act then Democrats. When in fact, back in the early 1960s, there was not a single Republican senator from the South. The Repub Party from as late as 1964 still had a strong liberal northeastern wing in the form of people like Nelson Rockefeller. It was liberal Republicans like him and liberal Democrats like LBJ, MLK, and JFK who supported civil rights.

Answer 1

Ignorance, and attempts at getting the public to believe what they want you to believe.

Answer 2

From what I understand, Churchill never said that himself. He was either quoting someone else, or someone else was misquoting him -- I forget which. But you're right that is not correctly attributed to him.

Why is it used? Because (if true) it would justify the conservative mindset, by riding on the shoulders of someone they respect. It allows them to imply that only the youthful (hence foolish) folk are liberals, but then they grow up.

Also, they tend to forget that in England, the Liberal and Conservative are specific political parties, as opposed to the US, where they are philosophical and political movements. But, because the words are the same, they figure it's close enough, even if the meanings are very different.

Answer 3

They think if they say it long enough, and often enough, it becomes fact! All the conservatives KNOW there were weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq! They all KNOW a 100 ton 757 hit the Pentagon, but the FBI can't find a picture to release in the past 5 years!

Well they were right, they were called the United States Armed Forces!

Answer 4

Conservative or liberal so what..He was a tuff guy and saved your country from eating a steady diet of sour kraut..unlike the gutless liberals that are running around like Hyenas in the USA

Answer 5

Either way it makes sense regardless of who said it.......Older liberals are just children that have not grown up...and that is my opinion which... just like you ...I am entitled to.....just as you are entitled to yours...

Answer 6

wow that one really bothers you huh? Thanks for telling me this valuable info and getting it off your chest. Now I hope you feel better.... I know I do.