Word: honi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...August 1582, Queen Elizabeth entered the ancient town of Coventry, and divesting herself of her clothing, mounted a snow-white stallion and rode through the principal streets of the city. On her way she met Sir Walter Raleigh, who, observing her naked condition, threw his cloak about her, crying, "Honi soit qui mat y pense!', which, being translated, means: 'Thy need is greater than mine!' The Queen graciously responded, 'Dieu et mon droit!', which translated means, 'My God, you are right!' This incident is called the Magna Charta...
Over the next four decades Winston Churchill got to know Harold Laski pretty well, and the better he knew him the more he disliked him-intellectually, anyway. By 1945, Harold Laski was chairman of the British Labor Party's executive committee and Winston Churchill was rumbling: "Honi soit qui Laski pense...