"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite"--Winston Churchill

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KILL A MAN, IT COSTS NOTHING TO BE POLITE--902 Google hits
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This famous Winston Churchill quote is not in the Yale Book of  Quotations?
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_Oakland Tribune (Newspaper) - March 31, 1959, Oakland,  California_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0016/6790467/43754464.html) 
Subscription -  Oakland Tribune - NewspaperArchive - Mar 31,  1959     Here's 
a thought for to- Day: Winston Churchill  "When you have to kill a man It 
costs nothing to be  polite."
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_BC-BRITAIN-COURTESY Britons worried about drop in common  courtesy_ 
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$2.95 - San Antonio  Express-News - NewsBank - Nov 24, 1991     One of 
Winston Churchill's most often quoted bon  mots was, "When you have to kill a man it 
costs nothing to be  polite." Nine of the 14 entries on COURTESY ...  
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_Star-News (Newspaper) - September 19, 1970, Pasadena,  California_ 
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Subscription -  Star-News - NewspaperArchive - Sep 19,  1970     ... from the 
second volume of His history  of world War II Finest the full quote reads: 
"when you have to kill A  man, it costs nothing to be polite. ... 
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_Times, The (Newspaper) - January 23, 1975, San Mateo,  California_ 
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Subscription -  Times, The - NewspaperArchive - Jan 23,  1975      
... Winston Churchill, in The third volume- of  his history of world War II 
Grand said: "When You have to kill a man,  it costs nothing to be polite. ... 
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_THE GRAND ALLIANCE - Page 611_ 
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by WINSTION S. CHURCHILL
But after all when you  have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.  
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_The Justice Motive in Everyday Life - Page  170_ 
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by Dale T. Miller, Michael Ross, Melvin J.  Lerner - Law - 2002 - 456 pages
In reacting to public  outcry about that letter's tone, Churchill replied, “
When 
you have to  kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite” (1950, p.611).  ...
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Pg.  170:
On the  day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill telegrammed 
the  Japanese ambassador in London to notify him that Great Britain has  
declared war on Japan. The text, contained in Churchill's memoirs, took  the form 
of a very proper British letter, complete with the following  closing: "I have 
the honour to be, with high consideration, Sir, Your  obedient servant, 
Winston S. Churchill" (Churchill, 1950, p. 610). In  reacting to public outcry about 
that letter's tone, Churchill replied,  "When you have to kill a man, it 
costs nothing to be polite" (1950, p.  611).




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