Speech at Woodford, Essex, 1959. Quoted in "The Pan Dictionary of Famous Quotations" (1962, revised 1993), edited by Robin Hyman.
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Anyone who votes Labour ought to be locked up.
— Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
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About Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976) was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.
About Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976) was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.
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