evidence: In the midst of the United Kingdom’s darkest days, Prime Minister Winston Churchill stood as a pillar of light for the men and women of his country. [...] Much of the public desired peace with Germany, but Churchill would not stand for it. He gathered his allies, and stood firm, though he was often privately pessimistic about the Allies’ chances of victory. "You and I will be dead in three months time," he told his chief advisor in June, 1940. [...] While he has been gone over 50 years, Churchill’s words still resonate today. Though he was often vicious in his condemnation of those who weren’t like him, his love for his homeland and passionate defence of his people during one of the lowest times in human history will stand as inspiration for many generations of leaders to come.