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Originally Posted by Gnomey "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" |
It is a fairly obvious one isn't it but the wartime poster of it has hung over the Mantelpiece of every place I've lived in. Great Stuff.
I always liked this exchange with Lady Astor:
"Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee."
"Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."
(Re Churchill Hijack Owen, It is balls isn't it. Worse is MP's who think they're being Churchillian when in fact they're juuuusssst speeeeakiiiinggg veeeeerrrrryyy sllllloooooooooowwwly. I suspect Oratory may be largely dead.)