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  1. Knowdafish

    Knowdafish DI Forum Luminary

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    Amen to that! :D
     
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    john boy DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster

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    A Lady once said to Winston Churchill " You Sir are drunk"
    "Yes Madam he replied and my dear lady you are are ugly,tomorrow I will be sober"
     
  3. josephen

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    "There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down that had either morals or principles."

    - W.E. Gladstone
     
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    john boy DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster

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    Jose...bye the way,
    I think that's true of most Politicians, I personally am not a fan of Winston Churchill the man.
    War should never be Glorified and soon forgotten......JB
     
  5. Broadside

    Broadside DI Forum Patron

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    On an historical note, Winston Churchill did not take the nation to war. It was Neville Chamberlain. Winston Churchill was a war-time leader, not a war-mongering leader.
     
  6. josephen

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    "Listening to a speech by Chamberlain is like paying a visit to Woolworth's: everything is in its place and nothing above sixpence."

    - Aneurin Bevan: Michael Foot Aneurin Bevan (1962) vol. 1
     
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    josephen DI Senior Member

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    "A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous act acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.
    of Brendan Bracken

    - Claud Cockburn: Crossing the Line (1958)
     
  8. Jack Peterson

    Jack Peterson DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster SC Connoisseur Veteran Air Force

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    Life Class!

    :eek: WORK! is the CURSE of the DRINKING CLASS.


    My Mess Steward, circa 1974


    Jack P. :smile:
     
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    "You may not be able to keep negative thoughts from coming up, but you do not have to entertain them and let them remain"
    Rex Humbard

    "You can't stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your Hair"....Anon
     
  10. Tax refugee

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    Where ignorance is greatest, religion is strongest.

    People will believe what they want to believe, because they wish it to be true or fear it to be so.
    (Terry Goodkind)

    Religion and ignorance are darkness but knowledge with wisdom is the light
     
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