Winston Churchill (1934-04-28):
It is one of the paradoxes of history that we should owe the boon of summer time, which gives every year to the people of this country between 160 and 170 hours more daylight leisure, to a war which plunged Europe into darkness for four years, and shook the foundations of civilization throughout the world. -- "A Silent Toast to William Willett", Pictorial Weekly; republished in Finest Hour (Spring 2002) 1(114):26 https://www.winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-114/a-silent-toast-to-william-willett-by-winston-s-churchill