WINSTON CHURCHILL

WINSTON CHURCHILL TO THE KING OF SAUD: GET USED TO SECOND HAND SMOKE…….

You just have to love the open frankness of the man. KGS

Churchill’s response to King Ibn Saud’s demand that he not drink or smoke – Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations by Richard Langworth

Extract:King Ibn Saud

I was the host and I said that if it was his religion that made him say such things, my religion prescribed as an absolute sacred ritual smoking cigars and drinking alcohol before, after and if need be during, all meals and the intervals between them. Complete surrender. 1945, 17 February, Lake Fayyum, Egypt (Gilbert, Life, 825)

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