A famous speech offering seven tests of freedom reminds us of Churchill’s eternal relevance. He spent most of August 1944 on the continent, observing the fighting in France and Italy. In the House of Commons on the 28th, a Member asked how to judge the new Italian government, succeeding that of Mussolini. Was it a true democracy? Churchill replied: “What is freedom?” The answers to a few questions determine if a nation is free. The post Winston Churchill’s Tests of Freedom: Then a...
