He was a child of privilege with a strong sense of noblesse oblige who rose to be the leader of his land. A romantic at heart, he had a childish affinity for war and empire. He frequently bucked the system, sometimes with success, and sometimes not. He had great faith in his own destiny and that of his country. Literate and charismatic, he used the media of his day to great effect. By any reckoning, he was one of his nation’s greatest chief executives.
Is it Churchill or TR? Actually, it is both.