Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount… — Winston Churchill · Skopia

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Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Winston Churchill

1937

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Churchill, Winston. Letter. 11 Nov. 1937.

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