even Churchill knew statistics are a pile of crap propagated by imbeciles.
I was never a history scholar, but distant memories from fellow students and their discussions on OR at college suggest that this may not be an accurate depiction of Churchill's stance, assuming we are talking about the same Sir Winston dude?
http://books.google.co.uk/books?q=hi...G=Search+Books
(I think he was a bit of a fan of the Ultra decrypts too.)