"We are suffering a national defeat comparable to any lost military campaign, and what is more, it is self- inflicted? It is about time that we pulled our fingers out? The rest of the world most certainly does not owe us a living."

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Source: 1961 Speech to British industrialists, London, 17 Oct.

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