‘A Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer’ speech - International Churchill Society

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‘A Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer’ speech

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Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR

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We must do our duty

‘The Empire lost’

British Empire is fated to pass

A seditious Middle Temple lawyer

British Empire

British Empire in India

This was their finest hour

Danger gathers upon our path

The British Empire

Clattering of the British Empire

January 1, 1970

Notes for speech 23 February 1931, Winchester House, Epping, entitled ‘A Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer’, in which Churchill withdraws from the Conservative Business Committee.