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It’s one of the many often attributed to Winston Churchill, though to my knowledge there’s no actual evidence of him actually saying it and his other writings go against the sentiment. I don’t know who actually did say it first

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It was me. Winston and I were tying one on and I said it in passing. He thought it was hilarious.

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Churchill and ancient greek philosopher kings, famous champions of the common people

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