Will Crooks Quotes
Many a man has been certified insane for less than the noble lord has done this afternoon.
Will Crooks, *, British Member of Parliament (Labor), Parliamentary debate chiding Lord Hugh Cecil who had gone on an extreme half hour tirade against the then Prime Minister Asquith.
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During the 1956 Suez crisis, President Eisenhower, distressed at the British invasion of Egypt, phoned British Prime Minister Anthony Eden. Although he didn't realize it, Eisenhower was actually addressing Eden's press secretary:
Pound was not only an admirer of Mussolini and Fascism, but actually was a traitor and became a propagandist for the Axis in WWII. At his treason trial after the war, he had a breakdown and was committed to a mental hospital as he was not fit to stand trial. He was hospitalized for 12 years.
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. The title was a take-off on the film, The Madness of King George, that described a demented king of England.
William Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly remembered for his campaigning work against poverty and inequality.
