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    Who gave the quote 'It is a puzzle (that word might have been riddle) wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma' or something along those lines?

    Question #32028. Asked by Quirky*Quotester. (Apr 21 03 12:23 AM)


    Tabby Tom

    		'I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.'

    Winston Churchill, in a broadcast talk on October 1, 1939.

    (Oxford Dictionary of Quotations)

    Apr 21 03, 8:31 AM
    Linus

    		Lisa Simpson described Nelson Muntz as '...a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest.'

    I believe the Churchill quote came first though.

    Apr 21 03, 7:17 PM

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