tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post8619222442520152499..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Great Britain, 100 Years Ago:Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-37285688132543474452011-07-22T10:43:42.193+12:002011-07-22T10:43:42.193+12:00You know, it's almost a rule that anything pos...You know, it's almost a rule that anything posted by someone too embarrassed to use their name is going to be snotty, ill informed and wrong.<br /><br />As it is here:<br /><br />Here's Justice Lord Denning, quoting William Pitt:<br />“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail—its roof may shake—the wind may blow through it—the storm may enter—the rain may enter—but the King of England cannot enter—all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement. So be it—unless he has justification by law."<br />--Lord Denning, in Southam v Smout [1964] 1 QB 308 at 320, quoting William PittPeter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-30449334296138118132011-07-22T08:37:42.626+12:002011-07-22T08:37:42.626+12:00What a great quotation. Add to that Winston Church...What a great quotation. Add to that Winston Churchill:<br /><br />'A nation that thinks it can tax itself to prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket who thinks he can pull himself up by the handles.'<br /><br />(Apologies if I got that from your site :) )Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-81816109590154464942011-07-22T08:36:58.961+12:002011-07-22T08:36:58.961+12:00For "Englishman" read "Upper Class&...For "Englishman" read "Upper Class".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com