> From: rone at ennui.org (rone) > Date: 2003/12/05 Fri PM 03:45:07 EST > To: SKZB List <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Subject: Re: OSC on the virtues of writer's block > > Talpianna at aol.com writes: > I'm reminded of something Winston Churchill once said (quote approximate): > 'To say "My country, right or wrong!" is like saying, "My mother, drunk or > sober!" If your mother is drunk, the thing to do is to sober her up!' > > Actually, G. K. Chesterton said that. The Winston Churchill quote is > along the lines of, "Sir, you're drunk!" "And you, madam, are ugly, > but in the morning i shall be sober." Not sure if that's really his > quote, anyway, but it's often attributed to him. > > rone Was it Churchill or W C Fields? Robert