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Originally Posted by scoundrel
Lady Nancy Astor: Mr Churchill, you are very drunk.
Winston Churchill: Lady Astor, you are very ugly. [Pause]. Tomorrow, I will be sober.
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I don't think that's quite right - that exchange is usually quoted as being between Churchill & Liverpool MP Bessie Braddock, although I have seen it attributed to others I tend to go with the Bessie Braddock version for the simple reason that she was spectacularly ugly.
The most famous Lady Astor exchange was;
Lady Astor:
"If you were my husband I'd poison your coffee."
Churchill:
"If you were my wife, I'd drink it."