Monday, April 16, 2007

This week's western civ quote

After the Allies were victorious over Hitler in WW2, Churchill and Stalin were chummy. They discussed the postwar spheres of influence of a bunch of sovereign countries, and jotted their thoughts down on a scrap of paper.

Win remarked to Joe, "Might it not be thought rather cynical if it seemed we had disposed of these issues, so fateful to millions of people, in such an off-hand manner? Let us burn the paper”.

Then Joe unconcerned about public opinion responded, “No, you keep it.”

2 comments:

C. Bright said...

Ha! I remember that one!!! Fiction is not half so weird as the real world of politics.
Keep us in touch with the quirkyisms!

the green sharpie! said...

Hey Mrs. Jones!!! :o)