It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as …

Winston Churchill
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It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude. ✨ Speech in House of Commons, 22 Feb. 1906
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