Famous Quotes That Have Clearly Been Misattributed to Winston Churchill

Throughout history, there have been many famous quotes which, sadly, were misattributed to other, better-known sources. In particular, an uncommonly large number of quotations have been wrongly misattributed to Winston Churchill—indeed, this phenomenon is so wide-spread that it’s earned its own nickname: “Churchillian Drift.” Here now are some particularly-egregious examples.

(Actual source: Franklin D. Roosevelt)

(Actual source: Nacho, Nacho Libre)

(Actual source: Fictional antagonist Andrew Ryan, from the video game BioShock)

(Actual source: The Unabomber)

(Actual source: Bluto, National Lampoon’s Animal House)

(Actual source: Barack Obama, ostensibly)

(Actual source: Keanu Reeves’ character in the 2000 sports movie The Replacements)

(Actual source: The Unabomber)

(Actual source: the elderly Rose character in Titanic)

(Actual source: Steve Buscemi, Spy Kids 2)

(Actual source: John Wayne)

(Actual source: John Wayne Gacy)

(Actual source: Stephen King)

(Actual source: Tarzan, ostensibly)

(Actual source: Kanye West on Twitter, 2018)

(Actual source: Kanye West, “I Am a God”)

(Actual source: Jinston Churchill)

(Actual source: E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey)

(Actual source: The Unabomber)

(Actual source: Someone who has just been asked if they are Winston Churchill)