Quote by Sir Winston Churchill

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be clas

Summary

In this quote, the speaker (presumably a representative of the British government) suggests that the classification of an issue as slavery should be approached cautiously because using the term in an extreme or absolute sense may not fully capture the complexity of the situation. The phrase "terminological inexactitude" implies that using the word "slavery" without proper consideration of the specific circumstances could lead to misrepresentation or inaccurately depicting the situation at hand.

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