Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Letter to Lord Londonderry (6 May 1936), quoted in Martin Gilbert, Prophet of Truth: Winston S. Churchill, 1922–1939 (London: Minerva, 1990), p. 733
The 1930s
“There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].”
Letter to Lord Holland (9 January 1804), quoted in L. G. Mitchell, Charles James Fox (London: Penguin, 1997), p. 194.
1800s
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