Originally posted by Winston Churchill
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We must choose the open sea!
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We must choose the open sea!
Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last. -
Originally posted by Winston Churchill“We have our own dream and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked but not combined. We are interested and associated but not absorbed. If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.”Originally posted by Zigenare View PostNice one, Sir Winston!…Maybe we ain’t that young anymore -
Originally posted by Winston Churchill“We have our own dream and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked but not combined. We are interested and associated but not absorbed."
As for this bit:
Originally posted by Winston ChurchillIf Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.”…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostNice one, Sir Winston!
Here's a clue, he supported a United States of EuropeI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post15th Feb 1930 written in the Saturday Evening Post
As for this bit:
When exactly did he say it?
Originally posted by Winston Churchill“We are going to liberate Europe, but it is because the Americans are with us. So get this quite clear. Every time we have to decide between Europe and the open sea, it is always the open sea we shall choose. Every time I have to choose between you and Roosevelt, I will always choose Roosevelt.”"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostSomeone needs to research Hansard and confirm what he really said rather than relying on xenophobic lies from the internet
Here's a clue, he supported a United States of Europe
Not quite the fooking same is it?Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostBut not a European Super State with a centralised dictatorship though.
Not quite the fooking same is it?
Winston Churchill - Sat Eve Post 15 Feb 1930.pdf - Google Drive
He also wrote:
Originally posted by Winston Churchill“We are bound to further every honest and practical step to which the nations of Europe may make to reduce barriers which divide them and to nourish their common interests and their common welfare.
"We rejoice at every diminution of the internal tariffs and the martial armaments of Europe. We see nothing but good and hope in a richer, freer, more contented European commonality."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostThe article in the Saturday Evening Post that the first 4 sentances were taken from was entitled "The United States of Europe"
Winston Churchill - Sat Eve Post 15 Feb 1930.pdf - Google Drive
He also wrote:
You know before the Germans decide to murder 6 million innocent people because they did not fit the profile.
Before the Spanish civil war
And the greek civil war
And the Italian civil war
In fact it would probably be fair to say that Europe in 1930 was a completely different place than Europe in 1950.
So it would also I imagine be fair to say that people's views and attitudes may also have changed.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post15th Feb 1930 written in the Saturday Evening Post
As for this bit:
When exactly did he say it?Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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