Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
45
AUTHOR:
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
QUOTATION:
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
ATTRIBUTION:
1952 comment quoted by Lord Moran Churchill: Taken from the Diaries of Lord Moran Houghton Mifflin 66
