Winston Churchill - Sultan of Scathing
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk.
Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.
Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.
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