"DeSantis' Withdrawal and the Mystery of the Fake Churchill Quote"

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"DeSantis' Withdrawal and the Mystery of the Fake Churchill Quote"
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used a quote attributed to Winston Churchill, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts," which is actually from a 1939 Budweiser ad. The International Churchill Society confirmed that the quote is not found in Churchill's works, and it's also misattributed to Abraham Lincoln. This incident highlights the frequent misattribution of quotes to Churchill, with other popular misquotes identified. The mishap draws attention to DeSantis' presidential campaign, which began with technical difficulties on Twitter Space.

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