It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual. (Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking)

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual.

Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

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