| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 138 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) |
| QUOTATION: | The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman’s speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | WINSTON CHURCHILL, remarks in the House of Commons responding to a Laborite speech on the evils of free enterprise.—James C. Humes, Speaker’s Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, p. 45 (1978). Unverified. |
| SUBJECTS: | Business |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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