“The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs.”

—  Winston S. Churchill

Speech in the House of Commons (June 6, 1951) ; in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, p. 22 ISBN 1586486381
Post-war years (1945–1955)

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

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