Politics

W. Bourke Cockran, The Forgotten Democratic Congressman Who Championed Churchill & Free Trade

CHURCHILL

Great oratory must compel and entertain. It must instruct and command. And long after the applause has died, phrases must be memorable. Cockran consistently delivered all three.

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