Good workBest way to "find" is misquote or misattribute
comes from an alleged statement in a secret meeting
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i.e. not a direct quote
The second "quote"
Comes from this larger quote from Churchill dismissing a hypothetical as a basis for discussion.
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Churchill and the Approach to Mussolini and Hitler in May 1940: A Note on JSTOR
Jonathan Knight, Churchill and the Approach to Mussolini and Hitler in May 1940: A Note, British Journal of International Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Apr., 1977), pp. 92-96www.jstor.org