As King put it: "Winston Churchill once famously observed that Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else."
Apparently this quote about America is misattributed to Winston Churchill
Several, including Richard Langsworth, editor of the journal Finest Hour published by WinstonChurchill.org, have been unable to attribute this quote to him.
Nigel Rees, the host of the long-running BBC quiz show Quote ... Unquote, found so many examples of this oratorical identity theft that he coined a phrase for it: Churchillian Drift.
Booth, W., & Adam, K. (n.d.). Britain says it overcounted coronavirus death toll by 5,377. Washington Post. Retrieved August 14, 2020, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britain-says-it-overcounted-coronavirus-death-toll-by-5377/2020/08/13/f6f171a6-dce0-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html
Henry Grabar on Twitter: “I hope the pundits who said that New Yorkers got Covid because of density, the subway, or apartment buildings (NY’s own self-serving governor among them!) take a moment to reflect on how much damage that opinion did” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved July 17, 2020, from https://twitter.com/henrygrabar/status/1282323146218123266
Grabar, H. (2020, April 17). Nothing About New York’s Outbreak Was Inevitable. Slate Magazine. https://slate.com/business/2020/04/coronavirus-new-york-city-outbreak-blame.html