Seligmann, Matthew S. (19. juli 2018). «Rum, Sodomy, Prayers, and the Lash Revisited: Winston Churchill and Social Reform in the Royal Navy, 1900-1915». Oxford Scholarship Online. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198759973.003.0001. Besøkt 3. desember 2023. «Richard Langworth, author of the usually authoritative Churchill by Himself—points out that Churchill’s private secretary, Anthony Montague-Browne, always maintained that Churchill denied ever uttering these words. ‘I never said it. I wish I had’, is what Churchill apparently told Montague-Brown when the latter asked him about this splendid bon mot.»
