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Winston Churchill's 'Ugly' Quote Crowned Greatest Put-Down Ever (LIST)

'In The Morning I Will Be Sober & You Will Still Be Ugly': Churchill Tops Best Insult List
Sara C Nelson
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Winston Churchill's scathing put-down of Britain's first female MP has seen the war-time Prime Minister voted king of the witty insults.

Churchill frequently butted heads with Conservative Lady Astor and his acerbic (and sexist) riposte is one of two appearing in the top-ten list, as voted for by 2,000 Britons to identify the funniest insults in history.

Barack Obama, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Groucho Marx also feature in the list of bitchy one-liners.

The poll was commissioned to mark the DVD and Blu-Ray release of Behind The Candelabra, and yes, Liberace has a well-deserved spot there too.

Best put-downs
(01 of10)
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Winston Churchill to Lady Astor: “I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” (credit:Getty)
(02 of10)
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Barack Obama (in response to Sarah Palin’s joke that the only difference between a pitbull and a soccer mum was lipstick) “You can put lipstick on a pig… it’s still a pig.” (credit:Getty)
(03 of10)
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Liberace to a critic: “Thank you for your very amusing review. After reading it… I laughed all the way to the bank.” (credit:Getty)
(04 of10)
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Noel Gallagher on Robbie Williams: “You mean that fat dancer from Take That?” (credit:Getty)
(05 of10)
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Winston Churchill (on being disturbed in his toilet after a call from the Lord Privy Seal): “Tell him I can only deal with one s**t at a time.” (credit:Getty)
(06 of10)
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Frank Sinatra on Robert Redford: “Well at least he has found his true love – what a pity he can’t marry himself.” (credit:Getty)
(07 of10)
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Elizabeth Taylor: “Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.” (credit:Getty)
(08 of10)
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Groucho Marx: “She got her good looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.” (credit:Getty)
(09 of10)
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Bette Midler on Princess Anne: “She loves nature, in spite of what it did to her.” (credit:Getty)
(10 of10)
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Liam Gallagher on Victoria Beckham: “She can’t even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.” (credit:Getty)
Churchill's Putdowns
On Lord Charles Beresford(01 of38)
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On Ramsay MacDonald(02 of38)
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On Herbert Morrison(03 of38)
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On Gladstone(04 of38)
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On Lloyd George(05 of38)
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On Aneurin Bevan(06 of38)
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On the Labour Party(07 of38)
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On John Reith(08 of38)
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On Clement Atlee(09 of38)
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On Clement Atlee(10 of38)
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On Clement Atlee(11 of38)
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On Stafford Cripps(12 of38)
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On Stafford Cripps(13 of38)
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On Stanley Baldwin(14 of38)
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On Stanley Baldwin(15 of38)
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On Stanley Baldwin(16 of38)
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On Joseph Chamberlain(17 of38)
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On Austin Chamberlain(18 of38)
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On Neville Chamberlain(19 of38)
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On Neville Chamberlain(20 of38)
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On Neville Chamberlain(21 of38)
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Lady Astor to Churchill (22 of38)
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(23 of38)
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Bessie Braddock to Churchill (24 of38)
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(25 of38)
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On Charles de Gaulle(26 of38)
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On General Montgomery(27 of38)
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On Admiral Mountbatten(28 of38)
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On Russia(29 of38)
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On Japan(30 of38)
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On hearing his son Randolph criticize the lack of culture of the Calgary oil magnates(31 of38)
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(32 of38)
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On the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires in 1918(33 of38)
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On dictators(34 of38)
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On fighting the Nazis(35 of38)
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On democracy (36 of38)
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On Islam(37 of38)
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On his depression (38 of38)
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