“Regret without change is just nonsense.”

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“This is just the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.”

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"Churchill on Prepositions" http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html, and alt.english.usage at google groups http://groups.google.com/group/alt.english.usage/browse_thread/thread/dbf8ed860d953172/d44fbc9923cd662c?q=ben+zimmer+%22The+Strand%22&rnum=2#d44fbc9923cd662c have been the most immediate sources for much of the information which indicates this remark or others like it were probably not remarks actually made by Churchill.
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Variant: This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.
Context: This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

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