"I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."
— England

January 1, 1970

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Winston Churchill, speech, Lord Mayor's luncheon, London (November 10, 1942); in Robert Rhodes James, , ed., Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897–1963 (1974), vol. 6, p. 6695.