History language Winston Churchill Did Not Coin the Phrase ‘Iron Curtain’ Katy Steinmetz @katysteinmetz March 5, 2015 TIME magazine On the anniversary of his famous speech, TIME takes a look at why people misattribute quotes and just plum make them up Exactly 69 years ago, on Mar. 5, 1946, Winston Churchill stood in a college gymnasium in Fulton, Mo., at the beginning of th..